Mississippi’s Winter Storm Disaster Response Exposes Dangerous Government Failures

Nearly three weeks after a brutal January winter storm left parts of Mississippi in the dark and cold, the true cost of government negligence is coming into sharp focus. Senators from North Mississippi—Republicans Rita Potts Parks and Neil Whaley among them—have openly admitted that the state failed its citizens when hospitals, nursing homes, and entire communities endured days without power or water. How Long Will Washington Ignore Disasters at Our Doorstep? Senator Parks’ emotional plea to the Senate floor was a rare moment of honesty in a sea of bureaucratic excuses. “I hope you remember how my people were cold,...