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Bigger Pie Forum believes the Federal Government has over extended its regulatory reach across the American economy resulting in underperformance. BPF highlights and seeks answers to the lacking dynamism necessary to produce the prosperity Mississippians need and deserve.

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Whistling Past Mudberg

by Kelley Williams

Published June 15, 2026

In 1950, the Corps of Engineers told Congress that when the Mississippi River is high, part of it flows down the Atchafalaya River at the juncture of an old river bed — and that it would all flow that way by 1975. That would be a catastrophe for people, cities, and plants at and below Baton Rouge on the Mississippi and in the Atchafalaya basin and for the nation’s river commerce and national security.

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Some Other Close Elections

By Kelley Williams | November 9, 2020

It’s hard to believe, but this election may not be the ugliest. And may not be the most transformative.

Public Service Commissioner Presley Requests Federal Investigation of AT&T

By The BPF Editorial Board | October 14, 2020

Commissioner Presley wants an investigation into whether AT&T is spending properly $283.78 million in federal funds designed to help improve broadband access in Mississippi.

Trump, Kemper, and Mississippi Floods

By Kelley Williams | June 17, 2016

What do Donald Trump, the Kemper County Lignite Plant, and Mississippi River floods have in common? The Overton Window explains all three. Yeh, sure. What’s the Overton Window?