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Jones: Encourage lawmakers to make public schools top issue

As we look to a future filled with promise, we must focus on what matters – children, our future, and our shared quality of life.

I visited military bases, civic groups, and local businesses, talking with Mississippians over folding tables and plates of barbeque.

Roads, ports, broadband, and rail are the building blocks of a healthy economy.

May’s 3.2 percent unemployment rate marks the third consecutive month that Mississippi set a new record low.