Perspective
SID SALTER: Legislators Face Swarm of Funding Challenges After Elections
SHAD WHITE: Spend Taxpayer Money on Majors that Matter
ROGER WICKER: Long-term investments in Stennis Space Center continue to pay off
MARK KEENUM: Universities are actively working to combat brain drain
BILL CRAWFORD: White Wants Government to Dictate Majors to College Students
BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi Medical Association has not always been out front on state’s health care issues
SCOTT DELANO: Embracing Tech-Friendly Policies on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast
SID SALTER: Relief for Mississippi’s hospitals could happen in 2024 as part of a legislative solution
SHAD WHITE: Jimmy Buffett Didn’t Need a Music Degree
BILL CRAWFORD: Citizens favor, leaders fear, ballot initiatives
State News
CL: MS unemployment rate may not indicate economic health
DJ: Digital Innovation event to celebrate north Mississippi tech progress, plan for future
ST: Expert: COVID surge in Mississippi ‘does not appear to be worrisome’
SH: Billions in new development coming to the MS Coast: hotels, restaurants, loft apartments, more
WLBT: FROM THE VAULT: Judge Vincent Sherry and wife Margaret murdered in Biloxi
CL: Bertha Vickers, MS woman who bagged two deer in one shot at 101 years old, has died
SH: MS Coast man who claimed he was abducted by aliens in 1973 dies from kidney cancer
CL: Ole Miss professor says Jackson, Hattiesburg inflation numbers not as bad as they seem
SH: Why did Prohibition last so long in Mississippi, and what happened on the Coast?
CL: How Cheech and Chong are bringing medical marijuana to Mississippi
Politics and Government
WJTV: Mississippi primary turnout lowest in 16 years
SH: Biloxi councilman arrested on federal warrant after raids at CBD and kratom stores, authorities say
AP: Former Mississippi Democratic Party chair sues to reinstate himself, saying his ouster was improper
DJ: Reeves, facing pressure on health care, announces hospital funding plan
AP: Federal appeals court reverses ruling that Mississippi discriminated in mental health care
AP: Republican former congressman endorses Democratic nominee in Mississippi governor’s race
AP: Utah private prison company returns $5M to Mississippi after understaffing is found at facilities
CL: During JSU Voter Fair, Brandon Presley encourages Black MS residents to register to vote
AP: Poll workers in Mississippi’s largest county say they haven’t been paid a month after elections
WCBI: Mississippi Secretary of State warns about voter mailer
Blog
MAG: Federal judge blocks Biden’s federal contractor $15 minimum wage executive order
MT: Could the 2023 governor’s race be decided by a runoff? For the first time in state history, it’s possible.
MT: Brandon Presley to teachers: educating Mississippi children is ‘the most important thing’
JJ: # of AP Students Sets Record
MT: Fact check: Did Gov. Reeves keep Mississippi ‘open for business’ during pandemic?
MAG: Federal government shutdown looms as October 1 draws near
MT: Podcast: Did vote to change state flag lose veteran lawmaker his election?
JJ: Honest Reporting or Cheap Shot? We Report, You Decide.
MT: Mississippi pharmacies fall short in providing opioid-reversal drug, study shows
MT: ‘Mississippi chose to fight’: Court overturns Justice Department efforts to overhaul state’s mental health system
