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Area resident questions candidate’s tax plan

At this particular place in time, what astute politician would mess with senior citizen retirement benefits or pronounce ...

Business

Do you know anyone in the TATE family?

Meet the TATES. Some of them are in your business. Some have positive attitudes and others have negative ...

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Compassion and high tech finally tame pain

Years of chronic, debilitating pain had left Traci Smith feeling like a burden to those she loved. Sometimes ...

Business

What is your attitude toward your job?

What is your attitude toward your job? Your attitude is up to you.  You control it.  You can ...

Business

Learning to conceive, believe, achieve

Let’s begin with an understanding of the definitions of these three terms. Conceive — To form in the ...

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Despite popular opinion, schools have improved

As a new legislative session begins in Mississippi, one of the hot topics will be education. Bills will ...

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I’m voting for I-42 for better schools, opportunities

I usually try to avoid anything political, but I have strong feelings about this. I want to give ...

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Mississippi fourth-graders earned their promotions

By Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Education   Every fourth-grader who is sitting in one of ...

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Education is the singular issue for this election

  By David Hampton   Candidates running for state office are talking about a lot of different things, ...

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In tragedy, area bonded together

We had planned an early pressrun that Monday morning 10 years ago. Our goal was to allow sufficient ...

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