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Imagine your family spent more this year than you earned. Uncomfortable, but manageable. Now imagine your family had spent more than it earned every single year since 2001. By now you would be destitute.
That is what the federal government has been doing.
For the past 25 years — ever since Bill Clinton left the White House — Washington has spent more than it has taken in. Every single year. The national debt now stands at $39 trillion.
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“The biggest mistakes are mistakes of omission, not commission. It’s the things you knew enough to do — they were within your circle of competence — and you were sucking your thumb. Those are the ones that hurt.” — Warren Buffett, University of Georgia, 2001
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19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman is accused of setting fire to the largest Jewish house of worship in Mississippi.
Court documents show that U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has once again granted a continuance in the approaching trial of Stephen Spencer Pittman, the 19-year-old who allegedly set fire to the Beth Israel Congregation Synagogue in January.
Pittman’s attorneys sought additional time to review the discovery materials, a request federal prosecutors did not object to before the court.
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Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
Regardless of the complexities of the cases, Judge Tom Lee, for some 40 years, has followed the law and let the chips fall.
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As mandolins chatter across downtown and fiddles sing beneath the late afternoon sun, Saltillo feels less like a growing city and more like one long front porch gathering.
Some towns have become known for industry. Others become known for sports, politics, or food.
But Saltillo’s story has always been tied to music.
Not just any music, either. The kind that shaped American sound itself.
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“When a company needs something built, and built right, they are choosing Mississippi,” said Governor Tate Reeves.
Mississippi continued its economic development winning streak Wednesday morning with the groundbreaking for International Paper’s $225 million packaging facility in Rankin County.
Workers at the company’s new 470,000 square foot facility will utilize state-of-the-art innovation and lean-manufacturing technologies to produce corrugated packaging, company leaders said.
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The moratorium is slated to last six months and will cease the establishment of new hospice and home health agencies across the country, including in Mississippi, as the agency investigates potential fraud.
As part of a larger effort to combat fraud nationwide, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has implemented a short-term moratorium on new hospice and home health agency enrollments starting this month.
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MAY 19, 2026
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John Provis
John Provis, 84, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, veteran, and friend, entered into the Kingdom of Heaven on May 11, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family.
Born in the small village of Swinden, England, John was the youngest of five children born to George and Evelyn Provis. In 1949, John and his family journeyed to America aboard the historic RMS Queen Mary, beginning a new chapter that would shape the rest of his life. He proudly became a United States citizen in 1975.
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The family photo of Billy Elmore has always haunted me. It pops up every now and then as my computer screen rotates through thousands of stored photos.
He is a handsome lad in his twenties with a long face and a serious demeanor.
I am probably the only person left in the world who can recognize him. He died in World War II in 1942 and left no children. He was my great-uncle. My mother’s mother’s brother.
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The U.S. Supreme Court, in a brief order on Monday, reversed a lower court’s ruling that determined Mississippi lawmakers unlawfully diluted Black voting strength when it redrew the state’s legislative districts.
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Even on a damp day, the gaily painted blooms, ladybugs and butterflies on a brick wall of Madison Avenue Elementary School seem to pull a ray of sunshine out of thin air and an overcast sky.
The new mural is a vibrant anchor for the Reading Garden at the K-2 school — a cozy gathering spot just out back from the school’s library and designed for use by students and the community, too.
Seeds for the project first germinated a few years back, with school librarian Tosha Nowell’s idea to take the library from inside to out.
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“These investments empower cities and counties to take on real projects that improve everyday life—from safer roads to stronger public facilities and more reliable services families depend on,” Governor Tate Reeves said.
The State of Mississippi is deploying over $23 million in congressionally authorized Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Facilities funding to help ensure basic community services, environmental quality and economic opportunities for their residents.
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In 2025, the Mississippi Legislature was forced by court order to redistrict and hold special elections, costing Republicans their supermajority in the Mississippi Senate. On Monday, the Supreme Court vacated that court order that required those elections.
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“Our legislation was carefully written to prohibit the unlawful sale, transfer, distribution, or prescribing of abortion-inducing drugs for the purpose of ending an unborn life in Mississippi,” said State Rep. Celeste Hurst.
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an order allowing women to continue receiving abortion medication by mail as a three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considers a case out of Louisiana.
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The Author Shoppe delivers an unique value: a welcoming space where being yourself is encouraged, setting it apart from other bookstores.
Before you ever smell the coffee or browse the shelves, The Author Shoppe in Hattiesburg has already worked its magic on you.
Maybe it’s the towering bookshelves, the warm window glow, or just curiosity—a bookstore, coffeehouse, and haven for story lovers? Sign me up.
Either way, most people walking past slow down for a reason–and that’s exactly what happened to me.
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The State contended that the plaintiffs lacked legal standing and that the lawsuit filed in August 2025 was too late, outside of the three-year statute of limitations.
A federal judge ruled on Monday that the NAACP’s case against the State of Mississippi for allegedly withholding American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from Jackson can proceed after the State attempted to have it dismissed last week.
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