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Top of the Morning: State has option to be innovative with funds

Gov. Tate Reeves and other Republicans have argued that states do not need the $195 billion in federal ...

Opinion

Editorial: Sunshine is the best disinfectant

Somewhere between St. Patrick’s Day, deadly storms and the first day of Spring, we almost missed the celebration ...

Opinion

Weekend of fun awaits in Natchez

Even the grouchiest naysayer will agree, few places are more wonderful than Natchez in the springtime. This weekend ...

Opinion

Louisiana lawmakers want greater reckoning at LSU

Shameful. Heartbreaking. Sickening. Shocking the conscience. Lawmakers used those words and more to describe their reaction to a ...

Opinion

Mississippi takes important vaccine lead

What’s that old saying? “Everyone in Mississippi is thankful for Alabama.” For so many years, Mississippi and Alabama ...

Opinion

Mississippi grappling with tax-and-spend ideas

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON (AP) — Mississippi legislators are moving into the final weeks of ...

Opinion

Nary a Horton nor a Who among Seuss’s ‘cancelled’ books

“It’s a troublesome world. All the people who are in it are troubled with troubles almost every minute. ...

Opinion

Senate spends lots of time in recess — and in the weeds — for medical marijuana

The number of times Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has recessed the Mississippi Senate in recent days would make ...

Opinion

Open government is key to honest government

When government fails, it’s the rare public official who says, “Oops. My fault.” That’s human nature, particularly for ...

Opinion

Time has come to tell both sides of history

In recent years, Natchez has made a huge leap in terms of bridging the divisive gap between people ...

Opinion

HR1 bill threatens our democratic system

The recent Mississippi freeze was indeed historical, but let’s not forget something even stranger: Hell freezing over. I’m ...

Opinion

Coming Together – Great Times for Natchez

Anyone who knows me knows I am a lover of music. And I believe it is in the ...

Opinion

Natchez has lost two of the greats

Natchez has lost at least two good people who contributed immensely to the community this week in the ...

Opinion

Glad to see boats are coming back to Natchez

This time next week, we should hear the happy sound of a melody piping up from Natchez Under ...

Opinion

Your blood donation needed more than ever

The national blood supply continues to be critically low, and without blood donations, we won’t have the ability ...

Opinion

Letters to the Editor: ‘You can’t levee your way to success’

To the editor: I read the article titled “Vidalia, Natchez in partnership with Ducks Unlimited” (Natchez Democrat, Sunday, ...

Opinion

Letters to the Editor: She’s making ‘good trouble’ by standing up

Editor’s note: Viola Wells was arrested after an altercation with a neighbor. She was assigned a day for ...

Opinion

Doubting the presidential election shows bad faith

Bad faith does not hold the norms and criteria of truth as they are accepted by critical thought ...

Opinion

Thanks to city’s water department

To the editor: I want to express my thanks to the Natchez Water Works staff that helped so ...

Opinion

Digital tools prove vital

To the editor: The realities of COVID-19 hit businesses hard across America last year. Many of our member ...

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