Winter highlights issues forums

Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, a special friend of the Center for a Better South, today outlined how the nation's presidential libraries are beefing up policy conversations during the election season.

"For the first time in history, all 12 presidential libraries are hosting a series of public policy discussions — called National Issues Forums (NIF) — between Labor Day and Election Day, in the heat of the presidential campaign.

"For more than 25 years, forums convened by civic organizations in communities all across the nation have offered a different way to talk about public policy issues, one that is more deliberative."

• To read the governor's full op-ed column, go to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.