Sid Salter

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.

STARKVILLE ­– In 2022, Gov. Tate Reeves signed the largest tax increase in Mississippi history – the Mississippi Tax Freedom Act. The tax cut plan promised to eliminate $525 million

Chief Justice Randolph recently wrote in a majority opinion from the Mississippi Supreme Court that Manning “has had more than a full measure of justice” but the victims and their families have not.

STARKVILLE ­– Mississippians will go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 5, to cast their ballots in the nation’s federal presidential and congressional elections. However, given the state’s history in

STARKVILLE – Mississippi judicial races are supposed to be non-partisan — meaning that candidates don't run under the cloak of any political party. The 2002 case Republican Party of Minnesota v. White drew a bright line that judicial candidates had free speech rights that states were not free to constrain through so-called “announces clauses.”

The 2024 election saw a historic shift of power in which Republicans will soon control the White House, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.

The 2024 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature ended with a failure to reach consensus between Senate and House conferees on an effort to expand the state’s Medicaid program. That