STARKVILLE – An analysis by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute at the State University of New York-Albany shows that the first quarter of 2013 saw state tax collections increase dramatically with ...
A few years back I wrote a story about a Florida panhandle folk artist named Woodie Long. Woodie died far too soon and left a beautiful widow and a country studio full of colorful, childlike painti...
Congress is boring. It can't even make new false promises.
On border security, it keeps making the same assurances. The Gang of Eight immigration bill, which could well be the signature legislativ...
To the editor:
I applaud Dr. John Dodd for beautifying his building. Corinth should be proud instead of putting him down on an eyesore of an old dilapidated service station. After all, it is his p...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi supervisors gather on the Gulf Coast this week to talk about roads and bridges, economic development, water resources and other issues.
The core issue is money. C...
"Gentlemen do not read each other's mail." That's what Secretary of State Henry Stimson said to explain why he shut down the government's cryptanalysis operations in 1929.
Edward Snowden, who leak...
Attorney General Jim Hood’s office issued an opinion this week that went a long way toward establishing some order and applying some common sense to what has become a contentious and confusing deba...
“Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail,” said Secretary of State Henry Stimson of his 1929 decision to shut down “The Black Chamber” that decoded the secret messages of foreign powers.
“This mea...
Over the past few months there has been a lot of talk coming out of Washington about reducing the national debt, cutting spending and balancing the budget. But it seems the only way our elected off...
We all know that we need the best possible protection against terrorism and that increasing amounts of data has to be collected by the government to make that happen. But we need only look at the I...
With Father’s Day on Sunday, there is good news and bad news. First the negative: Single mothers head up almost nine percent of American households. The good news? Fathers who care are making a hug...