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Dealing with landscape drainage issues

My son’s landscape has drainage problems, and because I have some of the same issues we’re helping each…

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A virus more serious than any strain of COVID

  A friend quarantined with COVID said, “We haven’t been to church in a month or inside a…

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I’m not convinced banning books is the best option

Years ago, I was at the hospital with my then-wife, awaiting someone to wheel her and her bed…

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Origin of huge budget surplus lost in march toward massive tax cuts

Is Mississippi on solid fiscal footing for the future as the Republican leadership of both houses of the…

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Answering your questions on savings and more

Recently, I joined thousands of Mississippians on a live phone call about our work at your State Treasury.…

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Mississippi’s initiative process remains dormant

Mississippi lawmakers rather quickly and decisively agreed on a medical marijuana program that didn’t earn universal agreement, but…

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Stare into the darkness

Hi, all. Just a thought to help start your weekend. A few weeks ago, we celebrated the beginning…

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If He is my Shepherd

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want, He makes me to lie down in green pastures;…

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Looking back at the many colors of my life

The joy of a box of new crayons can’t be erased with my years as an adult. I…

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Bad times are good for some plants, bad for others

Bad times are good for potted tropical plants, as a connection of sorts for cooped up people. But…