Give communities power to help themselves
By WYATT EMMERICH,
Tue, 03/13/2018 - 11:02pm
Mississippi needs to join a growing list of states that allow Community Improvement Districts (CID).
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Editorials
Debtors prison needs to stop
By WYATT EMMERICH,
Thu, 03/08/2018 - 6:55am
We support state Rep. Andy Gipson’s House Bill 387, which prevents the immediate incarceration of Mississippians for non-payment of fines.
Skeptical of gun law changes
By JACK RYAN,
Wed, 02/21/2018 - 7:08pm
In the days since last week’s attack at a high school in south Florida, where 17 people died, there are rumblings that this time the response will be different; that the tragedy has spurred residents to demand that political leaders do something
Printed public notices important community service
By WYATT EMMERICH,
Wed, 02/07/2018 - 1:15pm
There’s an old expression that goes something like, “Nobody’s safe when the Mississippi Legislature is in session.”
Accountability absent from school vouchers
By TIM KALICH,
Thu, 02/01/2018 - 11:54am
In an effort to apply a veneer of accountability to the push to allow public dollars in Mississippi to flow to private schools, supporters of school choice say they would require voucher recipients to take standardized tests, similar to those that public school students take
Youth Drug Court likely to be money well spent
Wed, 07/26/2017 - 8:11pm
Chancellor Joseph Kilgore was slated to announce plans for a Sixth Chancery District Youth Drug Court this week after the Star-Herald deadline.
New open meeting law helps promote transparency
By KAREN FIORETTI,
Wed, 07/12/2017 - 7:22pm
The residents of Kosciusko and Attala County now have a new tool in ensuring they are kept abreast of local government activity.
Give parents a say on Superintendent choice
By KAREN FIORETTI,
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 9:55pm
The Kosciusko School Board has taken a step in the right direction by appointing a community committee to help it vet the applicants for the superintendent post, but it still isn’t enough in our view.
New law helps with government transparency
By JOSEPH BROWN,
Tue, 03/28/2017 - 10:45pm
Just a few weeks ago was National Sunshine Week, an awareness campaign that takes place each year focusing on the need for open and honest government.
Become a friend of the library
Wed, 02/15/2017 - 7:46am
The Friends of the Attala County Library annual membership drive is underway. The Friends of the Attala County Library officials ask you to consider becoming a member of the Friends of the Attala County Library. Membership can mean financial or volunteer support or both.
