Perspective
BOBBY HARRISON: Coincidence or cause? National public school test scores decline as private school choice options expand
ROGER WICKER: New Trump administration good for pro-life movement
RUSS LATINO: Barksdale once railed against monopolies, he should support school choice now
SID SALTER: Pete Johnson’s political family tree filled with twisting branches of Mississippi’s history
GEOFF PENDER: Legislative recap: Shad White vs. everybody, Jackson casino effort, immigration ‘bounty hunters’
BILL CRAWFORD: Trump Tax Cuts Make Legislature’s Look Tiny
TIM KALICH: Shad White Doesn’t Do Boring
BOBBY HARRISON: How one incredible gift 25 years ago changed course of MS public education
SID SALTER: State Governments Brace for Mass Deportation
BILL CRAWFORD: House Tax Cut Plan Raises Taxes and Revives Tax on Tax
State News
ESPN: Sources: NBA gambling ring also tied to college basketball games
DJ: Longtime banker and community leader Aubrey Patterson dies at 82
CL: MDAH retells history through updates at Windsor Ruins, Vicksburg, Jefferson College and more
DJ: Tupelo man responded to Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in 1977
CL: These US states were deemed safest, deadliest for drivers. See where Mississippi ranks
SH: Billionaires like Elon Musk are changing Stennis Space Center’s historic role. Here’s how
CL: ‘Unfortunately a common occurrence’: Jackson chief speaks on 4 homicides over the weekend
CL: Remembering 9/11: Four Mississippians died in Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
SH: Francine expected to hit Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane
SH: MS Coast leaders demand solutions after teenager’s shooting. Could parents turn in guns?
Politics and Government
DJ: Tupelo mayoral candidate arrested for simple assault
CL: Lumumba files 3 campaign finance reports after having not done so since 2021
WLOX: Billy Hewes Jr., father of Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes, dies at 85
CL: This week in politics: Parchman Farm bill dies in committee
WLOX: MPS Southern District Commissioner Wayne Carr talks “Mississippi’s Power Play”, Natural Gas Summit
LLC: Make governing great again instead of powering politics
DJ: No Democrats eyeing run for Tupelo mayoral seat
AP: Supreme Court leaves in place Mississippi’s voting ban for people convicted of some crimes
CL: This week in MS politics: Election-related bills coming up in MS Senate
CL: State airplane cost taxpayers millions since 2020. See who used, where it went
Blog
JJ: Senate Committee Passes the “Shad White Bill”
MAG: Mobile sports betting legalization passes Mississippi House
MAG: Lumumba’s campaign finance reports missing alleged disbursement of bribery money, full of fuzzy math
MT: Campaign finance transparency bill faces uphill battle in Mississippi Legislature
MAG: Campaign finance reports show the race is on for Mississippi’s highest offices in 2027
MT: Campaign finance reports: Gubernatorial hopefuls Fitch, Hosemann, White neck-and-neck in fundraising
JJ: Pitiful
MAG: Senate’s student cell phone restriction bill passes out of committee
MAG: Bill to change Insurance Commissioner from elected to appointed passes out of Senate committee
MT: Senate, House committees pass ‘dummy’ Medicaid expansion bills
