Coaching carousels are expensive
It is amazing — and disturbing — how much people are willing to spend in the often fruitless pursuit of a championship-caliber college football team.
Government could share services
Government efficiency is usually an oxymoron — that is, if the government is running something, it’s not likely to be very efficient.
“Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Medicaid premiums can be tricky
With last week’s election of Tate Reeves as Mississippi’s next governor, it would appear that Medicaid expansion is off the table for the forseeable future.
Ambulance finances are slim
A story on the Mississippi Today website provides insight on yet another growing concern in the medical care field: the cost of operating an ambulance service.
Ambulance finances are slim
A story on the Mississippi Today website provides insight on yet another growing concern in the medical care field: the cost of operating an ambulance service.
‘Budget notes’ try to hide spending
As the Clarion Ledger keeps digging into a previously little-known practice used by influential Mississippi legislators to direct money to pet causes or pet state agencies, it keeps finding surprises.
Will companies be prosecuted?
U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst has pledged to vigorously prosecute any companies that knowingly hired illegal immigrants at the seven Mississippi poultry plants raided in August.
If Hurst does, it will be the exception for how these massive raids usually go.
Better get new ID
Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attack 18 years ago, the U.S. government has imposed more restrictions on flying in an effort to avoid a repeat of that mass slaughter.
