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Yazoo will overcome this challenge as well

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Fri, 03/20/2020 - 16:01

We’ve seen our share of adversity lately in Yazoo County. From flooding in the Delta to tornadoes and heavy rainfall, we’ve experienced hardships.
Yet there was no panic, but rather a calm, prepared response to overcome those obstacles and return to normal life as soon as possible.

State needs a corrections pro

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Fri, 03/06/2020 - 19:48

There are several reasons why Mississippi’s prisons have reached the crisis point they have.

Carville offered some straight talk

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Fri, 03/06/2020 - 15:27

If any Democrats are willing to listen, James Carville offered some sensible advice a while back about a decision the party must make about its future.

In a February interview on the MSNBC cable channel, Carville said the party is in danger of nominating a presidential candidate with little chance of winning this year’s election.

Mrs. Beatrice Kaiser was a great role model

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Wed, 03/04/2020 - 11:33

Yazoo lost one of our finest citizens with the death of Mrs. Beatrice Kaiser.

She was a woman who knew what is important in life. She demonstrated those priorities through actions rather than words.

Those priorities were faith, family, and taking pride in your work.

Anti-lynching law late and redundant

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Tue, 03/03/2020 - 14:29

As symbols go, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act is a fine one. It is a sign of racial progress that the legislation has passed both houses of Congress with negligible dissent and that a president who can be racially divisive has promised to sign it into law.

No young blood

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Tue, 03/03/2020 - 02:32

Another notable point about the rush of Democratic withdrawals after South Carolina’s primary is it drove up the average age of the remaining presidential field.

All four main Democratic contenders and Donald Trump are in their 70s. The average age of the five is 75.

Youth vaping is a growing problem

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Fri, 02/28/2020 - 09:36

Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the Mississippi state health officer, wants more residents to be aware of what he calls the “eminent public health threat created by the explosion of childhood vaping.”

Still not enough people working

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Thu, 02/20/2020 - 17:05

The national unemployment rate is at a 50-year low. Even in Mississippi, the rate is much lower than usual, which should mean that a lot more people have jobs.

A dubious major

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Thu, 02/20/2020 - 10:00

When Gov. Tate Reeves, during his State of the State address last month, took a jab at gender studies majors, the governor may not have realized that this course of study is not just offered on the West Coast. It’s also an academic option at some of Mississippi’s own universities.

Will census crash?

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Thu, 02/20/2020 - 09:52

On the heels of worries about electronic voting comes another concern about computerizing another essential government function: the census.

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