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Trump, who has endorsed challenges to the election results in Congress, has claimed that the election was "rigged" or that there was widespread voter fraud. And the 11 GOP senators, in their joint statement on Saturday, alleged that the 2020 election included "unprecedented allegations of voter fraud." Dozens of attempts by Trump's legal team to challenge the results in key states have been dismissed by the courts and election experts have repeatedly rejected claims of widespread voter fraud. Then-Attorney General William Barr ADVERTISEMENT But if a member of the House and a member of the S...

By Sid Salter Syndicated columnist  Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2020 STARKVILLE — It is certainly no stretch of the truth to suggest that at the time of his death last week at the age of 97, former Mississippi Gov. William Winter was by and large beloved by the people of Mississippi. Through his actions and his manner, Winter earned that status. The state’s Democrats lionized him, emulated him, and invoked his name in their own political affairs. Despite their steadfast disagreements over public policy, the state’s Republicans respected him, wisely realizing that well ...

Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and enterta...

Success! You're on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… State Capitol in Jackson Friday, August 24, 2018. States that consume the most sushi per capita have a higher work force participation rate than Mississippi. But wait, states where more venison is eaten also have a higher percentage of eligible works employed than in Mississippi. No actual research has been done on those statistics, but rest assured they are correct. After all, every state, except fo...

Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies Mississippi’s ‘education governor,’ William Winter, dies Winter Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, who championed education initiatives, job creation, and racial harmony throughout his life, died Friday Dec. 18, 2020, at age 97.  Known as Mississippi’s Education Governor, Winter secured passage of landmark educational initiatives in 1982 bringing kindergartens, compulsory school attendance, and a range of other key reforms to a state plagued by poverty and illiteracy. During his remarkable 75 years of public service,...