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The importance of government ‘sunshine’
By JOSHUA WILSON
Wed,03/17/21-10:15PM , 1,323 Reads
This week, news outlets across the country are observing Sunshine Week, an annual reminder of the importance of open government and unfettered access to public information.
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COLUMN: The importance of government ‘sunshine’
By JOSHUA WILSON
Tue,03/16/21-10:48AM , 1,696 Reads
This week, news outlets across the country are observing Sunshine Week, an annual reminder of the importance of open government and unfettered access to public information.
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This 2004 stamp, issued by the U.S. Postal Service, celebrates the life of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known by his pen name Dr. Seuss, and some of the major characters created through his 60-plus children’s books. Dr. Seuss Enterprises recently said it would pull six titles from its catalog over their portrayal of people in “hurtful and wrong ways.”

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A business decision and 'cancel culture' overhype
By JOSHUA WILSON
Thu,03/11/21-10:59AM , 1,879 Reads
I must admit I didn’t follow the “controversy” surrounding “cancel culture” and Dr. Seuss as it erupted across news outlets — and particularly those with a conservative bent — last week.
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Then: (Photo courtesy of the City of Hattiesburg) Forrest County Board of Supervisors President David Hogan, left, and Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker, right, sign local states of emergency declarations as the first cases of COVID-19 are diagnosed in Forrest County. Now: (File Photo) Vaccines that can curb the spread of the novel coronavirus are being swiftly injected into the arms of local residents at state-operated or private sites in both Forrest and Lamar counties. Nearly 285,000 Mississippians have been fully vaccinated.

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A grim anniversary
By JOSHUA WILSON
Thu,03/11/21-10:21AM , 1,537 Reads
On March 11, 2020, Mississippi reported its first case of COVID-19, an acute and highly contagious respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus. The virus, originally detected in a major transport hub in China in December 2019, quickly overwhelmed the globe.
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