Perspective
BILL CRAWFORD: PERS Reform Cuts Benefits, Fails to Address Funding Issue
BOBBY HARRISON: Lawmakers used to fail passing a budget over policy disagreement. This year, they failed over childish bickering.
GEOFF PENDER: Government secrecy tends to bite Mississippi in the butt. It’s happened again
SID SALTER: Trump’s Hints of “Methods” for 3rd Term Provide Powerful Political Distraction
GEOFF PENDER: Mississippi lawmakers end 2025 session unable to agree (or even meet about) state budget: Legislative recap
BILL CRAWFORD: Legislative Squabbling Ends Session Early
SID SALTER: Despite Criticism, Trump Tariffs Have Support of Billionaire Furniture Titan
GEOFF PENDER: Legislative session crashes with lawmakers unable to set a budget because of Republican infighting
MAC GORDON: Can we get a town hall, senators? Voters want face-to-face meetings
BILL CRAWFORD: Lincoln’s 1838 Warning Relevant Today
State News
SH: Domestic or imported? MS will join neighbors by demanding honesty in seafood labeling
CL: ‘It’s unbelievable they survived.’ MS family buried in debris as tornado destroys home
SH: State says to stay out of water at 2 Mississippi Coast beaches, month after previous alert
CL: General Electric investing millions into this Mississippi community
CL: All three victims identified after medical helicopter crash in Madison County
DJ: Jerry Mitchell speaks about ‘Race Against Time’ at Tupelo Reads event
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
Politics and Government
DCN: Judges order DeSoto County Senate district maps be redrawn again
CL: MS local leaders, experts, disagree on impact of ‘historic’ tax cut. What they say
CL: This week in politics: Trump to appoint new federal judge in MS
WDAM: Income tax, retirement plans: Lieutenant governor reflects on 2025 legislative session
CL: Is former Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn running for governor in 2027?
WCBI: Lieutenant Governor speaks on potential lawmaker budget
ND: District 18 senate race on Tuesday
CL: MS Legislature adjourns 2025 Session without budget. How much would special session cost?
WXXV: Discussing the latest in Congress with Representative Mike Ezell
CL: Cities may not receive funding for special projects from MS Legislature this year
Blog
MAG: Court orders State Board of Election Commissioners to redraw DeSoto County Senate districts
MT: How Lumumba faltered to Horhn: Jackson’s mayoral candidate rematch explained in 5 charts
JJ: Car Scammer Pleads Guilty
MT: Trump to appoint two Northern District MS judges after Aycock takes senior status
JJ: “Hurting People Hurt Other People”
MT: Podcast: Former Rep. Cecil Brown talks current state budget disagreement, compares to past standoffs
MAG: “Last dollar” community college program will be back before lawmakers next session, Lt. Gov. Hosemann says
JJ: Don’t Mess With Big Mama
MAG: City leaders, JXN Water at odds over proposed rate increase
MT: Mississippi would lose billions if Congress cuts Medicaid, report says
