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    Of Baptists, bootleggers, and brewmasters: Mississippi’s entry into the craft beer movement

    Since the Legislature legalized high-gravity beer in 2012, craft breweries have sprung up around the state. Mississippi should embrace their development rather than reverting to its old objections.

    By Jake McGraw
    November 1, 2013
  • Economics

    How did Mississippi smoke up billions from the tobacco settlement?

    In summary: Medicaid inflation, short-term thinking, and anti-tax dogma.

    By Jake McGraw
    October 14, 2013
  • Economics

    The Nissan Trap: For better or worse, Mississippi’s investment creates dilemmas

    By putting up $378 million in cash incentives to attract Nissan, Mississippi has made itself beholden to a large overseas employer -- perhaps even against the interests of its own citizens.

    By Jake McGraw
    October 10, 2013
  • "Honest Mississippi"

    ‘Only Honest Mississippi Spoken Here’

    In the mid-1990s, Mississippi's highway signs admonished passing drivers: "Only Positive Mississippi Spoken Here." The slogan still dictates how Mississippi addresses its tough issues: instead of confronting our negatives, we change the subject to our positives.

    By Jake McGraw
    August 1, 2013

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