| Wednesday, August 8, 2018 |
| Mississippi State, Mississippi National Guard unveil free tuition program for service members | |
 | Mississippi State University is often recognized for its support of the military -- efforts that continued Tuesday with the announcement a new program that will ensure free tuition for Mississippi National Guard members enrolled full time at MSU. MSU President Mark E. Keenum and Maj. Gen. Janson D. "Durr" Boyles, the state's adjutant general, were on hand during a ceremony at the school's G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Center for America's Veterans at Nusz Hall to sign a memorandum of understanding agreement establishing the program. The Bulldog Free Tuition Program builds on current National Guard education benefits to create a unique opportunity for eligible Mississippi Air and Army National Guard service members. "We have a long, proud history as one of the nation's most military-friendly college campuses," Keenum said. |
| Mississippi State pledges free tuition for guard members | |
 | Mississippi State University is guaranteeing free tuition for Mississippi National Guard members studying full time for an undergraduate degree. University President Mark Keenum and National Guard commander Maj. Gen. Janson "Durr" Boyles signed the agreement Tuesday. University spokesman Sid Salter says Mississippi State receives $2,250 per guard member for tuition already. Mississippi State charges a full-time resident $8,650 for two semesters of tuition and fees, but many people pay less because of aid. The 22,000-student university says its students include 650 military members and veterans. |
| Mississippi State, National Guard announce free tuition program | |
 | Mississippi State University and the Mississippi National Guard announced a new program Tuesday that will ensure free tuition for Mississippi National Guard service members enrolled full-time at MSU. The Bulldog Free Tuition program builds on the National Guard's existing beneficial tuition program for eligible service members at all Mississippi colleges and universities. It will make MSU the only state university where Mississippi National Guard soldiers can attend college without paying tuition. MSU President Mark Keenum and Maj. Gen. Janson D. "Durr" Boyles, Adjutant General of Mississippi, both signed a memorandum of agreement establishing the Bulldog Free Tuition program during a ceremony at MSU's G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Center for America's Veterans at Nusz Hall. |
| Mississippi State announces free tuition for students serving National Guard | |
 | A member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard enrolled as a full-time student will be eligible for full tuition at Mississippi State University beginning this fall. Mississippi National Guard Adjutant Gen. Durr Boyles is an alum of Mississippi State. He and Dr. Mark Keenum, worked together to bring the idea to fruition. "It's a win-win for the Guard and the University and will be something other schools inevitably do. We've considered the financial ramifications and we think this is a responsible, sustainable decision taxpayers can and will support," said Chief Communications Officer Sid Salter. Vice President for Budget and Finance Don Zant was the architect for the Bulldog Free Tuition Program, which is the first of its kind in the state. |
| Mississippi State, Mississippi National Guard announce Bulldog Free Tuition Program | |
 | Mississippi State University and the Mississippi National Guard announced a new program Tuesday that will ensure free tuition for Mississippi National Guard service members enrolled full-time at MSU. MSU President Mark E. Keenum and Maj. Gen. Janson D. "Durr" Boyles, Adjutant General of Mississippi, both signed a memorandum of agreement establishing the Bulldog Free Tuition program during a ceremony at MSU's G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery Center for America's Veterans at Nusz Hall. "We have a long, proud history as one of the nation's most military-friendly college campuses," Keenum said. "Among our alumni are the late U.S. Sen. John C. Stennis, father of the modern nuclear Navy, and the late U.S. Rep. G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery, author of the modern G.I. Bill. This innovative tuition program we launch today with the Mississippi National Guard continues MSU's pro-soldier legacy and directly invests in those brave, bright men and women who serve and protect our great nation." |
| Mississippi State, Mississippi National Guard announce free tuition for service members | |
| Mississippi State University and the Mississippi National Guard announced a new program Tuesday that provides free tuition for guardsmen who are enrolled full-time at MSU. The Bulldog Free Tuition Program builds on current National Guard education benefits, university officials said. More than 12,000 service members are in the Mississippi Army and Air National Guard's ranks, authorities said. While the National Guard has a beneficial tuition program for eligible service members at all Mississippi colleges and universities, MSU support through the Bulldog Free Tuition program will make MSU the only state university where Mississippi National Guard soldiers can attend college without paying tuition, university officials said. |
| Mississippi State signs free tuition program for National Guard service members | |
 | Mississippi State University now offers free tuition to Mississippi Army National Guard service members. A ceremony was held on campus at the Sonny Montgomery Center for American Veterans Tuesday. With a few strokes of the pen, Mississippi State has become the first university in the state to offer full financial coverage to Mississippi National Guardsmen. "They won't have to pay tuition," said MSU President, Dr. Mark Keenum. Keenum says The Bulldog Free Tuition Program took some serious time and planning, but by working with state aid and the national guard, these soldiers are relieved of paying for higher education. Keenum said, "It's a team effort of the guard and Mississippi State, teaming together to make sure that when it comes to tuition a young person does not have to worry about it." |
| Mississippi State to offer free tuition to eligible Mississippi National Guard service members | |
 | Mississippi State University will now offer free tuition to eligible members of the Mississippi National Guard. On Tuesday, the university and the Guard announced the new program called the Bulldog Free Tuition program. This will ensure free tuition for Guard service members enrolled full-time at the university. To be eligible for the program, service members must be full-time undergraduate students, in good standing with their unit and cannot be within a year of their expiration of term of service. |
| Oktibbeha County stays with Golden Triangle Waste Services | |
 | The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors voted to recommend the Golden Triangle Waste Services board fire Director Betty Farmer, after a vote to split from the multi-county garbage collection agency failed. The problem, as GTWS board member and Lowndes County Board of Supervisor President Harry Sanders described it after the meeting, is that Farmer already submitted her resignation last week. Monday's vote came after supervisors were in executive session for a little longer than an hour, to cap a nearly five-and-a-half-hour-long meeting. While some supervisors have placed the blame of Oktibbeha County's poor relationship with GTWS on Farmer, Sanders said the street runs both ways. "It personally seems to me that supervisors from Oktibbeha County are more concerned about their re-election than they are running Golden Triangle Waste Services in a profitable, smooth operation," Sanders said. |
| Mississippi residents are waiting hours -- even days -- to get a driver's license | |
 | It has been an even longer, hotter summer than usual for the people at Mississippi's driver's license offices. First, the offices are handling more people wanting to renew licenses, to get a license for the first time after moving to the state or to get a passport or a firearms permit or just a photo ID for voting or a new job. Second, it's crunch time for the Real ID Act. Beginning last January, anyone who did not have a Real ID compliant identification could not board a flight in the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Real ID also requires the Highway Patrol to gather more information as licenses are processed. That takes extra time and slows the computer system down. "Just the new regulations that are in place, there is so much more information that has to be input into the computer," said Public Affairs Director Johnny Poulos. "It takes that much more time for these examiners to process." |
| Fact check: U.S. Senate candidates at the Neshoba County Fair | |
| Mississippi is in the rare situation of having both its U.S. Senate seats in play this year, so all eyes were on the candidates at the Neshoba County Fair last week. One race features incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Republican, squaring off against a Democratic state legislator, Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis. The other is a special election to replace retired Sen. Thad Cochran and is officially nonpartisan. Its main contenders are Republicans U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and state Sen. Chris McDaniel, of Ellisville, and Democrat Mike Espy, a former congressman and agriculture secretary. Mississippi Today's reporters researched and provided context for several of the statements about health care, social services, jobs and the economy. |
| Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Draws Key Manufacturers Association Endorsement | |
| The Mississippi Manufacturers Association endorsed United States Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith for election to the U.S. Senate seat she is holds temporarily. Gov. Phil Bryant appointed Hyde-Smith to the Senate after long-time Sen. Thad Cochran retired because of health issues on April 1. A special election on Nov. 6 will determine who will serve in the Senate until 2021, the remainder of Cochran's term. "I'm especially pleased to be here today to announce the unanimous decision by the board of directors for the Mississippi Manufacturers Association to endorse Cindy Hyde-Smith as the next senator," Chairman Earl Walker said at the press conference Monday. Hyde-Smith thanked MMA for the endorsement and spoke about how she wants to help Mississippians. "I tell everybody I'm running for two reasons," she said. "One is more jobs, and less government. Those are the two reasons that I stand before you today." |
| Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley's task force to address rural internet 'crisis' | |
| The lack of high-speed internet and cell phone service in rural Mississippi is at crisis levels, according to Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley. During the first meeting of the Lafayette County Task Force on improving cellular telephone and high-speed internet service, Presley explained the different ways citizens can help document the lack of cellular telephone and data service in their area, first and foremost through a free smartphone app approved by the Federal Communications Commission. "We're going to work our fingers to the bone to get as many people as we can working on this. It's going to take an army of citizens," Presley said. The solution to the crisis, Presley said, is clear: allow electric cooperatives to provide high-speed internet to their members. However, Mississippi state law prohibits electric cooperatives from providing internet service to members -- and it's the only state to do so. |
| New state auditor speaks to Hattiesburg Rotary Club | |
 | Mississippi's newly-appointed state auditor spoke about new initiatives he has started at a meeting of the Hattiesburg Rotary Club Tuesday. Shad White said he is asking for $100,000 dollars less from the Legislature to run his department. His office will also undergo a new compliance audit. He said he's also working to improve cybersecurity and will soon be adding a new feature to the state auditor's website dealing with department transparency. "Any document that we can legally put out in the public, we want to put in one place, so that people can see it and know what we're doing," said White. He says he will run for state auditor in 2019. |
| Tupelo wants cut of online sales tax | |
| The City Council wants local municipalities to get a cut of the internet sales tax collections recently declared permissible by the U.S. Supreme Court. Tupelo's seven-member council voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve a resolution requesting that the state legislature do two things. The resolution, drafted by the Mississippi Municipal Leagues, asks the legislature to require all online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made by Mississippi residents and then requests that municipalities like Tupelo receive a share of those taxes. Mayor Jason Shelton emphasized that Tupelo relies heavily on sales tax revenue. "It's over 50 percent of our budget," Shelton said. The latest ruling on the issue by the U.S. Supreme Court came after the legislative session's end this spring, changing the legal landscape significantly when the issue next arises before Mississippi lawmakers. |
| Jacksonians say 'yes' to $65M school bond issue, ask for accountability in return | |
| Jackson voters said "yes" to a $65 million bond issue to pay for repairs and new classrooms at the city's public schools. With votes still out -- absentee ballots had not yet been processed as of late Tuesday night -- the issue had passed by a wide margin of 86 percent with 11,449 voting for and 1,757 voting against. With more than 25,000 students enrolled, JPS is the state's second-largest school district. In 2006, Jacksonians agreed to let the district borrow up to $150 million for school construction and improvements. A smaller scale measure followed in 2009. Deterioration since has been a driving force behind this year's bond issue. Even though the measure secured the needed support, Tuesday's proposal was not without controversy. Supporters and opponents, alike, have expressed skepticism over what will happen with the funds. |
| Campaign seeks equity for Mississippi's black women | |
| Is Mississippi shortchanging women? The answer is a resounding yes, according to a new report, released Tuesday in conjunction with Black Women's Equal Pay Day. The campaign raises awareness of how long a black woman working full-time, year-round must work on average into the next year to catch up to the typical white man. Mississippi's wage gap, one of the nation's largest, disproportionately affects women of color, the report shows. The gap is widest between black women working full-time, year-round and white, non-Hispanic men who do the same; in Mississippi, the wage gap between the two groups is 56 cents on the dollar based on median wages. (Only the District of Columbia has a larger gap, at 52 cents on the dollar.) |
| Sen. John Boozman, Arkansas farmers talk tariffs | |
| Arkansas farmers are concerned about the escalating trade tensions between the United States and the rest of the world, they told U.S. Sen. John Boozman on Tuesday. It's a message the lawmaker's heard elsewhere this week during his annual agriculture tour across Arkansas. "Trade, I know, is a huge issue. ... We're all concerned about that," Boozman told an audience of roughly 20 people. The Republican from Rogers answered questions about the new agricultural tariffs and other issues during a meeting at Dow Brantley Farms in Lonoke County. The Brantleys, who have farmed the land for generations, now oversee 10,000 acres of agriculture land, raising rice, soybeans, corn and cotton. China has slapped a 25 percent tariff on all four crops this year. Boozman defended President Donald Trump's trade policies, portraying the Chinese as the bad guys. |
| East Mississippi Community College to offer classes, services in Marion | |
 | East Mississippi Community College announced it's offering classes and services in the town of Marion this fall. Initial services will include a Principles of Entrepreneurship class, ACT prep classes and counseling for high school students interested in dually enrolling at the college. EMCC says plans are in the works to offer a Certified Nursing Assistant program. EMCC's district includes Lauderdale County and the Town of Marion. "Lauderdale County contributes funding to the college and we would like to offer more educational training opportunities for residents there because of the commitment they have made to us," said EMCC interim president, Dr. Rick Young. "We are really excited about the opportunity to better serve Marion and Lauderdale County." The Town of Marion has offered temporary space for the initial classes, at the board room at town hall. |
| U. of Alabama finishes renovations for several projects | |
 | Workers in Lakeside Dining Hall on Tuesday were installing new drink fountains, polishing stainless steel prep stations and completing other final touches in anticipation of the renovated eatery re-opening next week as students return to campus for the fall semester. The renovated dining hall, which can seat about 750, will have a soft opening on Aug. 16, said Kristina Patridge, director of university dining service. The dining hall is among the projects that will be completed by the time classes start Aug. 22. The new freshman residence hall next door and H.M. Comer Hall are also set open this fall. The $53.2 million new residence hall has a bed capacity of 493 and will be the first to feature keyless entry to dorm rooms for students, said Tom Love, UA's assistant vice president of construction administration. |
| U. of Kentucky wants to fire this professor, but faculty committee just said no | |
 | The University of Kentucky should stop trying to fire one of its journalism professors because there's not enough evidence of wrongdoing, a UK faculty committee has ruled. Professor Buck Ryan may be guilty of "sloppy accounting," but he believed he had tacit approval to require students to buy one of his textbooks for his classes, according to an Aug. 6 letter to UK President Eli Capilouto from Jenny Minier, chairwoman of the Senate Advisory Committee on Privilege and Tenure. According to university policy, Capilouto does not have to follow the committee's recommendation, officials have said. "President Capilouto has received the recommendation and will take it under advisement," said UK spokesman Jay Blanton. "He appreciates the time and thoughtfulness committee members put into this process." |
| Common Application drops criminal history question, although colleges may ask it individually | |
 | The Common Application announced Tuesday that it is dropping the question it has been asking since 2006 about applicants' criminal histories. Many educators and civil rights activities have been pushing the Common App for years to drop the question. For the organization, Tuesday's announcement is a major shift. In March 2017, after its last review of the issue, the organization announced that it was keeping the question. Individual colleges maintain the right to ask the question on their supplements to the Common Application, just as they have had the ability to not consider the information provided to date. But advocates for "banning the box," as the movement to end the question has been known, have said that including or dropping the question from the main application would have a major impact. |
| New debate on 'regular and substantive' interaction between instructors and students | |
| The fate of billions of dollars in student aid could rest on what the Trump administration decides in coming months about an obscure distance learning regulation, one that is as old as dial-up internet. At issue: a 1992 clause buried deep in Title IV student aid regulations that requires institutions to ensure "regular and substantive interaction" takes place between instructors and students in at least half of their online course work or for at least half of students. Diane Auer Jones, the administration's top higher education official, said in an interview last month with Inside Higher Ed that the U.S. Department of Education is considering eliminating not just the standard credit-hour definition of academic course work -- it may also overhaul "regular and substantive" requirements. Online education proponents and a few others call it an anachronistic impediment to innovation in an era where one-third of students study at least partially online, but others aren't so sure. |
| As Journalists Face Constant Attacks From the White House, Teaching News Literacy Gets Harder | |
 | Fred Reeder Jr. likes to open conversations with, "I teach journalism, or as some people would say, fiction." Reeder, a visiting instructor at Miami University, said most of the students who crowd into his introductory-journalism course aren't journalism students -- they are strategic-communication or professional-writing majors, there to learn the basics of news writing, journalistic ethics, and the role of journalism in history and society. There has always been general ignorance about the role of journalism in society, Reeder said, which often leads to distrust. "A lot of people struggle with really understanding what news organizations should be doing or should not be doing. And that, to me is a deeper conversation that we all need to have, not just students at a university." But lately, with every lesson, Reeder said, he finds he must navigate a political minefield for each news story. |
| USC names retired aerospace executive as acting president, announces Max Nikias' departure | |
 | USC appointed a retired aerospace executive as interim president and laid out a detailed plan for selecting a permanent leader Tuesday, ending speculation about whether outgoing President C.L. Max Nikias might remain in the post. Nikias, embattled over his administration's handling of a campus gynecologist accused of sexually abusing patients, relinquished his duties after a meeting of USC's board. The trustees tapped one of their own, Wanda Austin, an alumna and former president of the Aerospace Corp., to temporarily run the university. The trustees also approved the formation of a search committee and the hiring of search firm Isaacson, Miller to coordinate the selection of a successor. A second search company, Heidrick & Struggles, will also advise trustees. Nikias was given the titles of president emeritus and life trustee. |
| Senate hopefuls leave Neshoba with campaign momentum | |
| Syndicated columnist Sid Salter writes: The major contenders in the 2018 Class II U.S. Senate nonpartisan special election on Nov. 6 left the state's premier political stump with very different kinds of momentum. Neshoba County Fair speeches from Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven, GOP state Sen. Chris McDaniel of Ellisville, and Democratic former secretary of agriculture Mike Espy of Madison have set the tone for what at this point appears to be a predictable stretch run. At Neshoba, expectations were high that the Founder's Square Pavilion would serve as the backdrop for fiery oratory that would deliver a knockout for one candidate or the other in the race. |
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| Observations from Mississippi State's fourth preseason practice | |
| As Mississippi State continues its training camp, players are starting to stand out and others are finding it difficult to simply stay on the field. Here are three more observations from the fourth day of practice, along with an injury report: Kylin Hill looks lean. Bob Shoop keeps it simple. Again. Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy stiffened up on the wide outs and tight ends Tuesday. Head coach Joe Moorhead is available to speak with the media after Wednesday night's practice. He should give updates on the players who sat out and observations on how his team looked in pads for the first time in months. |
| Mississippi State punters benefiting from wealth of knowledge | |
| Joey Jones' special teams experience and acumen are why Mississippi State football coach Joe Moorhead chose him to be the program's first special teams coordinator. He aligned forces with Chris Boniol, MSU's senior special teams advisor, he of six years of NFL experience and another five as a coach. Their brains have come together to benefit MSU's punter -- whichever one ultimately comes out of the preseason with the starting job. As MSU takes on its second week of preseason practice, it does so with junior Kody Schexnayder and sophomore Tucker Day vying for the spot vacated by Logan Cooke, who has since been drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars. They know whoever comes out of the battle victorious has a good situation waiting for them. Day described it as Jones' special teams schemes and Boniol's knowledge of formations and the team's kickers, "put into a blender and this is what they got." |
| Vic Schaefer, Mississippi State Bulldogs ready to enjoy their Italy tour | |
| It's barely August, but the Mississippi State women's basketball team is logging meaningful minutes. The Bulldogs travel to Europe on Wednesday for their 2018 Italy Tour. The team plays three games in a one-week span, but it's been the preparation for the trip that has head coach Vic Schaefer excited. "To give these freshmen a chance to play together, to get these extra practices together, it's very beneficial," Schaefer said. "And I think it's an energy boost for all of us. The summer can be a grind." Schaefer's players have been going to class and scraping their way through workouts during the offseason. The tour provides not just an opportunity to break the monotony of the summer but the chance to grow closer as a team, too. The Bulldogs will visit Vatican City and the Colosseum before playing their first game on Sunday. They'll have a day off to view artwork -- such as Michelangelo's "David" -- in Florence before taking the floor again two days later |
| Bulldogs travel to Italy to play | |
| The 2018-19 edition of the Mississippi State women's basketball team will start things off far, far away from Starkville. The Bulldogs embark today on a 10-day tour of Italy and will play three exhibition games against international competition. "I think it's an energy boost for all of us," said MSU coach Vic Schaefer. "The summer can be a grind, going to class and having your workouts. To have the excitement of going over there to play and see places that you've never been before is pretty rejuvenating." In conjunction with the trip, the Bulldogs receive 10 additional practices which will help Schaefer's squad with six newcomers start to gel for the upcoming season. |
| Justin Foscue confident he could compete as a freshman for Bulldogs | |
| Judging by the roster Mississippi State had returning, Justin Foscue felt like he could come in and play right away as a true freshman. The Diamond Dogs had a vacancy at third base and Foscue went right to work last fall trying to secure a starting position. His efforts eventually paid off as he started 41 games at the hot corner during the spring, more than any other player for MSU. "I was always positive and felt like with my work ethic I could compete for a starting job," Foscue said. "I've had that mindset since my junior year of high school. I want to compete at the highest level and felt I had a shot to play at this level. I was confident coming in here that I could compete with these guys." Foscue appeared in 58 games total and drew seven more starts as a designated hitter. He finished the year batting .241 with 12 doubles, three home runs and 20 runs batted in. |
| 'Flex Pass?' What to expect from LSU's new plan to fill Tiger Stadium seats | |
 | LSU is offering a new option for buying football tickets, formerly one of the hottest commodities in Louisiana before high definition TV's and other changes shook up the ticket marketplace. The offer, called the flex pass, costs $360 for seven vouchers that can be redeemed for any of the seven regular-season games in Tiger Stadium. Seat locations vary, and only two vouchers can be used for the season's highest-profile games -- Georgia on Oct. 13 and Alabama on Nov. 3. Tickets are delivered digitally to iPhone or Androids 24 hours before the game. "It is brand-new to the public," said Associate Athletic Director Brian Broussard, who oversees ticket sales. More importantly, the package helps show how college and professional football officials are scrambling to get fans away from their 65-inch HDTV's, and into stadiums. |
| Auburn, former UT coach Bruce Pearl sells West Knoxville home for $882,000 | |
 | A West Knoxville house owned by former University of Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl and his wife Brandy Pearl sold for $882,000, according to the most recent Knox County real estate transfers. Pearl bought the Gettysvue subdivision house for more than $1.1 million in 2014 after his home in the same neighborhood sold, according to News Sentinel archives. The house, located at 9238 Linksvue Drive, had been on and off the market as part of short- and long-term leases, Debbie Elliott-Sexton of Alliance Sotheby International Realty said. "He had a hard time letting go of Knoxville and wanted to invest in real estate," Elliott-Sexton said. "The last time we had a lease, at the end of it he said, 'Let's go ahead and sell it.'" Pearl was hired by UT in 2005 an was fired after the 2010-11 season. He was fired in March 2011 after new allegations arose about the basketball program. |
| Vanderbilt football uses 'The Program' movie to fix turnover problems | |
 | The college football movie "The Program" was released four years before Vanderbilt cornerback Joejuan Williams was born. That occurred to 43-year-old defensive coordinator Jason Tarver when he started carrying a football through the hallways of Vanderbilt's team complex like Darnell Jefferson, the fumble-plagued running back in the film. "The Program?" Williams said. "Oh, I guess that was the clip that (Tarver) showed us." Tarver, wanting to emphasize a hunger for getting the football through turnovers, carries a ball with him throughout the day. He wants his defenders to want it, seek it and value it. Tarver isn't the first coach to make a point to his players with that scene from "The Program," which he reluctantly calls a "classic" football movie. But it's an old teaching tactic for the former NFL coach. During spring practice, he also used a meme from "The Karate Kid" on a day when he was teaching a different tackling technique. |
| Walk right in and place your bets, sports fans -- it's now legal in Mississippi | |
| Mississippi sports columnist Rick Cleveland writes: Casino sports betting is a reality in Mississippi. I saw it with my own eyes, veering back over through Biloxi on a weekend pleasure trip to New Orleans. What I saw would make some of my bookie friends sick to their stomachs, although it has been a long, long time since they ate, God rest their souls. At Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, well-heeled customers were walking right up to the counter and betting hundreds and thousands of dollars on the outcome of sporting events. ...Now, you and I might wonder how the great State of Mississippi can allow legal sports gambling, but still say a firm "No" to a lottery. But that's not the point today. I just want to give you an idea what you could have bet on this past weekend if you wanted to do so. And that is: Just about anything. |
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