Reily’s ramblings

Sen. Flowers always thinking about recruiting industry to Mississippi

Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was vilified nationwide after he suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the right thigh in a New York City nightclub from a pistol he was carrying in the waistband of his jeans. Now Burress is serving time in prison for criminal possession of a handgun. Maybe [...]

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Saving money versus educating children

In a poll on the MBJ Web site last week about 80 percent of the respondents said Mississippi should shorten the school year to save money for the schools and make money for transportation. This came after we reported on a story that stated if school began at the end of August, a study by Gulf [...]

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What will tourism bill do for Mississippi tourism?

  I seriously wonder what the new legislation passed and co-sponsored by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) will do to help tourism in Mississippi. The legislation “would revitalize federal efforts to attract more foreign tourists to the United States and counter the steep decline in international travel following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.” But what would it do for Mississippi? I am [...]

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