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Perhaps I heard the phrase “can’t see the forest for the trees” prior to “Different Drum” (1967) by the Stone Poneys (which song launched Linda Ronstadt to superstardom) —
“But honey child I’ve got my doubts
You can’t see the forest for the trees”
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A college classmate who lives in Minneapolis and has been in the state legislature recently shared an account of Immigration and Customs Enforcement policing in Willmar, Minnesota, a town of 21,000 in the center of the state. It is not a happy story.
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Clogged arteries cause heart attacks. Clogged rivers cause floods.
If plaque clogs your widowmaker artery and you don’t get a stent, you may have a serious heart attack. The Mississippi River is the country’s main transportation artery. It’s vital to our economy and national security. It is clogged with plaque. It needs a stent.
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The goal of the legislation is to allow experienced personnel to fill needed positions from educators to first responders.
A program that would allow retired Mississippi state employees to return to work with a state agency for 80 percent of what the position pays is now headed to the House of Representatives.
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Spartan Composites specializes in advanced composite matting used in the infrastructure, oil and gas, defense and utility sectors. Their Lee County operations will create 45 jobs.
The Mississippi Development Authority announced Tuesday that Spartan Composites, an advanced composite access mat manufacturer, is locating operations in Saltillo and creating 45 jobs with a corporate investment of $49 million.
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The vast majority of states across the U.S. now allow some form of high school NIL.
A bill that would have allowed Mississippi high school student-athletes to accept Name, Image and Likeness, or NIL, money or benefits quietly died in the House of Representatives last week.
Legislation filed by State Rep. Jeffery Harness (D) titled the “Mississippi High School Student-Athlete NIL Protection Act” died the House Judiciary A Committee on deadline day.
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Below is an opinion column by Samuel Gonzalez, Harry Williams, Thomas Waller, & JD Woodward:
Educational freedom is not about rejecting public education. It is about honoring the American belief that individuals flourish when given choice, responsibility, and opportunity.
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Both bills aim to provide Mississippi’s students with valuable lessons in money management and how their government operates.
The Mississippi Senate passed two education bills late last week that aim to increase young people’s knowledge of finances and civics.
The J.P. Wilemon Jr. Financial Literacy Act, also known as SB 2483, would require all high school students to complete a half Carnegie unit course on financial literacy in order to graduate.
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“This is the only game in town, this is the only vehicle for PBM reform,” State Rep. Hank Zuber stated while explaining the bill to the House. “The Senate, for whatever reason, does not have a bill.”
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a Pharmacy Benefit Manager reform bill on the floor last week.
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Before near-record crop yields were harvested by U.S. farmers, the seed, plants and soil had received major scientific attention in laboratories located on an obscure country road in rural Washington County, Mississippi.
In the hamlet of Stoneville, one mile west of the town of Leland, research by federal and state agricultural scientists has provided the spark for successful farming and a leading-edge mechanization of harvest across the U.S. farm belt, and in nations that are major competition for our farm commodities on the world market.
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Below is a political opinion column by Kimberly Ross:
For all its faults, this country’s troubles still demand seriousness and restraint, not reckless talk of collapse.
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It didn’t take long for the bickering to start after the Senate Education Committee on Feb. 3 unanimously killed House Bill 2, the wide-ranging school choice proposal, with only two minutes of consideration.
Gov. Tate Reeves said he’s never been more disappointed in elected officials than he was in Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Sen. Dennis DeBar, R-Leakesville, the chairman of the Education Committee. The governor claimed the two worked closely with Democrats to kill the school choice bill, and accused them of hiding their efforts from conservatives.
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One of the strange things about mass media is that you deal in masses of people. Every week we have multiple obituaries in our newspapers. Each of the deceased leaves behind a wake in the water of humanity, touching other lives in innumerable and profound ways.
Our God creates so many people and yet each person is unique and precious. It is mind boggling, but that’s simply the way it is. Our job at the newspaper is to chronicle their passing. We cannot begin to fully express the magnitude of their journey.
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Mayor Mark Grubbs announced during the Magee Mayor and Board of Aldermen’s regular meeting on February 3, that the annual Mayor’s Food Drive is underway.
One pound packages of spaghetti noodles will be collected through February 27 and given to food distribution sites in Magee and surrounding counties.
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Quoting Goldilocks Saturday evening — “This one is just right!” was perfect for the annual Magee Mardi Gras Parade. The event drew a good crowd who enjoyed much milder temperatures than the inaugural event in 2025.
Purple, gold and green could be seen certainly in the beads thrown but also in costumes, head gear and decked out floats. The Magee Police Department K-9 units led and ended the procession down Main Avenue beginning at 6 p.m.
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The Magee Board of Aldermen has hired a new zoning administrator/ code enforcement officer to replace former director Penny Aguirre.
Evan Jones of Jackson, Miss., will assume his duties on Tuesday, March 10. Jones is in the process of completing a master’s degree in public administration online from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Pictured, left to right, are: Hayden Craft and ExxonMobil Representative Bo Gieger
On Saturday, January 31, Hayden Craft, a firefighter from Simpson County, attended a CO₂ training program at the Mississippi State Fire Academy. The program, which was sponsored by ExxonMobil, trains firefighters to respond to incidents related to carbon dioxide, a common, naturally occurring molecule that is increasingly important to industrial and economic activity.
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The governor would be tasked with appointing both the CIO and the executive director of the new agency.
The Senate Government Structure Committee advanced two bills last week aimed at increasing the state’s cybersecurity against hackers.
The committee passed amended versions of SB 2625 and SB 2636, after unanimously voting to add reverse repealers to the measures to allow further work on the bills.
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The move is part of the company’s $1 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing operations. The Rankin County site will create roughly 300 new jobs.
The Mississippi Development Authority announced Tuesday that Siemens Energy is investing up to $300 million and creating up to 300 new advanced manufacturing jobs through an expansion in Rankin County.
The move is part of the company’s $1 billion investment in its U.S. manufacturing operations.
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