Sid Salter

STARKVILLE – As Mississippi legislators head to conference on the state's first sincere consideration of some form of Medicaid expansion, we've heard alarms sounded by the right and the left on why the state alternately should or should not expand Medicaid coverage for the state's working poor.

STARKVILLE – Back in 2018, the Supreme Court changed the way remote sales tax was assessed and collected, and in doing so, how government revenues will be impacted moving forward.

STARKVILLE – While not an absolute, it’s been my experience that political change comes slowly in Mississippi – as slowly as molasses on a cold biscuit.

STARKVILLE – In a Louisiana congressional redistricting case, the Supreme Court decided last week to allow the state to use congressional maps that created a second Black majority district among

Last year and likely next year as well, the Mississippi Legislature was focused on the question of Medicaid expansion. The tenor of that debate focused on the perceived impact on

STARKVILLE – If we are the American people we are supposed to be we are this week pausing from the caustic political exchanges on social media and thanking God for

The easy political comparison to President Joe Biden’s decision to with withdraw from the 2024 U.S. presidential race is to point to incumbent Democratic President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s decision not

STARKVILLE – Six months ago, the gross national debt of the United States exceeded $35 trillion. That total includes money the federal government owes itself, so many in government and

STARKVILLE ­– As Mississippi legislative leaders contemplate additional tax reforms in the coming 2025 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature, the spotlight has been on additional state income tax cuts

SID SALTER Think about a powerful public speaker with the clarity and power of a Barack Obama.