Editorials

Our view: There is no room on the Coast for reminders of America’s dark past

We hope Beauvoir rethinks its requests for Confederate statues that are coming down across America. We can’t see any good that will come of becoming a repository of monuments to the Civil War.

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Kids aren’t cargo. They deserve more than a hot bus.

Yelling at children is no way to handle the question of how hot is too hot for a Hancock County School District bus.

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Hideous or dangerous buildings have to go

The fight to remove ugly and dangerous buildings can be costly and time-consuming. But in a tourist destination such as the Mississippi Coast, it is money and time well spent.

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As long as teens have easy access to guns, we can expect more tragedies

A Gulfport teenager was able to obtain a handgun. The results were predictably tragic.

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Supervisors should take time to find the right person for airport board

There’s an opening on the Gulfport-Biloxi Airport Authority. And the Harrison County Board of Supervisors has a chance to give the airport even better leadership.

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Don’t let another Coast company leave behind millions of gallons of toxic waste

Mississippi Phosphates should have never been allowed to create this environmental crisis. There is no excuse for the next company.

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We can’t continue to let kids fall through our schools’ cracks

Many children arrive at school ill-prepared for the rigors of learning. It is all our jobs to reduce their numbers.

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Mississippi needs a better system to alert people of danger

When Mosquito Control people went door to door warn people in a section of D’Iberville that mosquitoes in the area were infected with the West Nile virus, we told that story to help spread the word. But it also had us thinking, is that the best and most efficient way to issue a warning? Surely not, was the answer we came up with.

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Trump should keep his promise, reverse transgender ban

President Donald Trump was wrong to ban transgender people from the military. He should quickly right that wrong.

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Live streams of meetings should bring better government

Ocean Springs and Pascagoula join the growing list of government bodies to broadcast their meetings via the internet.

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Three good reasons to be thankful we live on the Coast

We’re happy to say thanks for these stories of three good deeds.

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Here’s how to solve our North Korea problem

Isolate and agitate North Korea to win without firing a shot.

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We can’t walk away from the problems video reveals

The Sun Herald Editorial Board reflects on a video posted on FB Live that depicts what Gulfport police are calling an assault and sexual assault on a 23-year-old woman.

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Mississippi can’t afford to lose its young people

Mississippi leads the nation in millennials who are leaving the state. That’s a trend we must reverse.

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Americans at end of their rope with media, politicians

Americans want what’s right and fair, even when we differ on the details. Sometimes, the media fail to deliver.

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Let’s explore these ideas to help the Coast’s homeless

There are some intriguing ideas being floated about how to deal with homelessness.

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Mississippi Public Service Commission served the people well

The Public Service Commission made a tough call in the Mississippi Power Kemper case. We believe it was the right call.

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If you think we love libraries, you’ve read us like a book

The Hancock County Library System is one of the best around. We urge supervisors to keep it thriving.

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Mississippi Power needs a viable plan for Kemper plant

The uncertainty surrounding the Kemper County power plant has been with South Mississippi far too long. It is time to come up with a plan for how to use the one-of-a-kind electricity generating plant and how to pay for it.

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When it comes HB 1523, we hope Mississippi wins and its leaders lose

A federal appeals court ruled that Mississippi’s HB 1523 can’t be challenged because no one has been harmed by it. But the “religious freedom” law remains a case the state won’t win.