My first job out of college was assisting with military casework for former U.S. Congressman Gene Taylor in the Gulfport, Mississippi, district office. I was at a financial services office during the bulk of the attack watching on TV. My dad had been pestering me about opening a Roth IRA. The financial adviser was trying...
RALEIGH — Chaos in New Orleans grabbed the headlines, but Mississippi actually took a larger hit than Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast in 2005. Mississippi residents pulled together as a community and recovered as quickly as possible. Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour shared that message during a John Locke Foundation Headliner luncheon Wednesday in Raleigh.
You can be disappointed with the outcome of the marriage-amendment vote and not subject yourself to embarrassment as Perdue did last week.
The latest economic numbers reveal that North Carolina's economy isn't the worst in the South – Mississippi's is – but we still rank fourth in the nation in joblessness. Who has noticed?
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