From a Tyner statement, quoted by the Magnolia Report: āāSomehow, Mr. Barbour believes it is morally sound to expand gambling nationwide, even within miles of our stateās border, but we should give him a free pass if his efforts failed to expand gambling in Mississippi,ā Tyner states while smiling and shaking his head in the negative. āI do not accept that proposition and I also question the integrity of his representation that he has not been paid to help get more gambling in Mississippi,ā says Tyner.ā
Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.
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