Perspective

• BILL CRAWFORD: PEER Report on PERS More Bold Than Usual
• BOBBY HARRISON: Studies show that not expanding Medicaid is killing Mississippians
• SID SALTER: Johnny Morgan: He understood and believed in bipartisanship and the duty to govern
• ROGER WICKER: New legislation would help local governments stimulate growth
• BOBBY HARRISON: Presley’s campaign tracks Hood on issues, but welfare scandal could be difference
• BILL CRAWFORD: Frequent, Abrupt Presidential Changes Cast Spotlight on IHL Board
• SAM R. HALL: Reeves, McDaniel are cliches come to life
• BOBBY HARRISON: Colorado lawmakers have bills read as filibuster like Mississippi, but no demon chipmunks
• BILL CRAWFORD: Bounty-Hunter Reeves(?) Spurs Re-Election Kickoff
• SAM R. HALL: Legislature should define residency requirements for seeking elected office

State News

• CL: 14 people shot after a concert in Clarksdale, Mississippi
• DJ: Oxford businessman, state politico dead in Arkansas plane crash
• AP: Jackson’s federally appointed water manager may also take over the city’s sewer system
• CS: IRS: Mississippi lost 2,436 taxpayers, $47M in 2020
• SH: Memorial Hospital at Gulfport announces mass layoffs
• CL: Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman at center Emmett Till lynching, dies
• CL: Mississippi leads other states with the deadliest roads. Here’s what you should know
• NYT: Sex Abuse, Beatings and an Untouchable Mississippi Sheriff
• DJ: $1 million Powerball ticket won in Corinth
• SH: Singing River Health System has a buyer and it isn’t who most people expected

Politics and Government

• DCN: Presley releases ethics plan’s second plank
• CL: Tate Reeves’ TV ad campaign again includes footage from Nancy New-owned private school
• WLOX: Mississippi Secretary of State leads voter awareness seminar on the Gulf Coast
• CL: MS HB 1020 sees first day in federal court, with no decision yet on constitutionality
• WDAM: Race for Mississippi Lt. Governor post heats up
• CL: See list of biggest, most famous donors for Tate Reeves and Brandon Presley in Mississippi governor’s race
• CL: House Bill 1020 ruling appealed to Mississippi Supreme Court as federal hearing looms
• AP: Democrat Pledges Ethics Package In Challenge Of Mississippi GOP Governor
• CL: Brandon Presley announces ethics platform, says it will be top priority on day one as gov.
• CL: Hinds County judge declines to block HB 1020, but federal order remains in effect for now

Blog

• MT: Judge puts Democratic candidate back on gubernatorial ballot
• MAG: Biden, McCarthy reach debt ceiling deal
• JJ: Supremes Hurry Adjudication of 1020 Lawsuit
• MT: FAQ: The 2023 lieutenant governor’s race
• MT: Mississippians plead their case to Corps over Jackson flooding, One Lake
• JJ: Indicted!
• MAG: Election 2023: On the Campaign Trail – May 25, 2023
• MAG: Legislative committee reviews UMMC clinic’s for gender care and sexual health services
• MT: Three ex-JPD officers indicted related to in-custody death
• JJ: Former JPD Officers Indicted