Sid Salter

A measure of progress in congressional redistricting battles is most present disputes are based on whether maps protect or target incumbent congressmen.

“I learned in Mississippi that America is a good country. I learned that being an American is not a matter of color, but a matter of mind and heart.”

Worker shortages have developed with people quitting their jobs over pandemic issues. Some 4 million Americans quit their jobs in April alone.

Trade with China impacts Mississippi farmers. Lower Mississippi River dredging to allow ships to carry more soybeans makes that quite clear.

Even if there’s a special session and lawmakers OK a medical marijuana statute, addressing the broken initiative process is at least over a year away.

The failure of Mississippi taxpayers to pay for proper indigent defense in fact gives death row inmates a longer lease on life through more appeals.

Revenue from casinos is healthy, but Mississippi continues to encounter sports book competition from states with online sports book access.

Politicians, on both sides of the aisle, lie and lie often. But Trump has taken it to a new level, and it’s unfortunate for the country.

The U.S. Constitution in 1787 did not establish a certain number of Supreme Court justices. Here’s what has transpired over time.

In Mississippi, there’s no reason to expect a significantly different outcome that was seen in 2016.

Sid Salter, in a column first published in 2001, recalls the famed Sun-N-Sand in Jackson, which is now going to be razed for a parking lot.

Philadelphia native Merrill Binford “Snooky” Williams of Water Valley died Nov. 13 at age 87 after a vibrant life and a battle with cancer.

Perhaps no one did more for higher education, America’s volunteer armed forces.