Opinion
MSU’s national championship run in Omaha was our ‘Field of Dreams’ moment
What does winning the championship game in the 2021 College World Series mean to the average Mississippi State fan? In a word, everything. But it’s ...
Special Report, Author at Daily Leader
Opinion
Supreme Court deals yet another major setback to unions in property rights decision
Mississippi’s agribusiness community and the state’s labor organizations both saw a major Supreme Court decision issued in a California case that centers on the intersection ...
by Special Report, Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:15 pm
News
Atheists, humanists sue over Mississippi’s license plates
Four words on Mississippi’s license plates have sparked a federal lawsuit. American Atheists, the Mississippi Humanist Association and three nonreligious state residents filed a lawsuit ...
by Special Report, Sunday, June 27, 2021 2:00 pm
Z Newsletter Opinion
$30M infused into Mississippi through Treasurer’s office
There has been a lot of talk about economic stimulus over the last year. Unfortunately, the programs out of Washington have come with a hefty ...
by Special Report, Friday, June 25, 2021 2:00 pm
Opinion
McCoy’s commitment to improving highways and education remembered, celebrated
In the pristine sanctuary of the lovely Gaston Baptist Church — a rural church in northwest Prentiss County roughly triangulated between Booneville, Rienzi, Thrasher and ...
by Special Report, Wednesday, June 23, 2021 7:00 pm
Opinion
Trickle down impact of student loan debt
Today, Americans hold more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt, and it’s having a tremendous impact on the way we live, work, and build ...
by Special Report, Monday, June 21, 2021 4:50 pm
News
Gulf tropical or subtropical depression likely to develop; heavy rain threat to Gulf Coast
A tropical or subtropical depression is likely to form in the western Gulf of Mexico, and no matter how well organized this system becomes, it ...
by Special Report, Thursday, June 17, 2021 9:00 am
Opinion
Let’s get Mississippians back to work
What do we do to improve Mississippi’s economy? As I travel across the state, this is one of the questions that keeps coming up — ...
by Special Report, Thursday, June 17, 2021 8:00 am
Opinion
White brings relevant experience, political credibility to MDOT leadership post
The decision of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves to tap his own chief of staff as the new leader of the Mississippi Department of Transportation bodes ...
by Special Report, Tuesday, June 15, 2021 6:00 pm
News
Welcome Mississippi’s newest city
The list of cities in Mississippi just got longer. After years of wrangling and May decision by the Mississippi Supreme Court, Gluckstadt is officially the ...