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Opinion: Taxation is a moral issue

Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to permanently extend the individual tax cuts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, sending the bill...

The other kind of midterms: How to vote

The midterm elections are less than two months away, and it’s time to plan to vote in November. The Nov. 6 election will usher in new legislators to...

State lottery bill could bring scratch-offs to Oxford

On Tuesday, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed a lottery bill after initially voting against it on Monday. The bill will now be sent to the...

It is wrong to vote ‘no’ on Maya Angelou

On slow days, the House of Representatives names post offices. These are typically boring days, and each name is unanimously voted “yes.” On Tuesday, March 1, nine Republican representatives voted against naming a post office after Maya Angelou. Angelou, who died in May 2014, was a renowned poet and civil rights activist, and her voice has had an immeasurable influence...

Miss. lawmakers pass marijuana oil, consider controversial religious practices bill

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s House of Representatives has passed a bill to make a marijuana oil legal in Mississippi under tightly controlled...

Think the Shutdown was Bad? It Didn’t Have To Be

As seems to be the case with everything regarding national politics, the Republican and Democrat leaders were bickering and the public only heard what...

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