Last Updated: Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Polls

Perspective

  • SID SALTER: A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions
  • BILL CRAWFORD: Governments Have Relied on Artificial Intelligence for Years
  • SID SALTER: Everything Old is New Again at the Gas Pumps
  • BOBBY HARRISON: Primary turnout gives Mississippi Democrats a glimmer of hope for general election
  • BILL CRAWFORD: Christian Militancy Common to Hegseth and Sam Bowers
  • BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi GOP feud no different than what Democrats used to do
  • DAVID MCRAE: Mississippi’s improved credit rating
  • WSJ ED: Late Mail Ballots at the Supreme Court
  • RUSS LATINO: Could Mississippi’s conservative, business donors stop giving to Republican incumbents?
  • BILL CRAWFORD: Buyer Beware – False Advertising Running Rampant

State News

  • CL: Is another Amazon data center coming to Madison County?
  • ST: NASA’s first manned moon mission in over 50 years wouldn’t be possible without Mississippi
  • WLOX: Jackson County deputy shot, killed during disturbance call
  • CL: See the counties growing, shrinking as Mississippi population shifts
  • CL: Mississippi ranks last in innovation. Why it matters for jobs, business
  • CL: Mississippi National Guard troops deployed in Iran war
  • CL: Richest man in the world keeps top spot. Who are billionaires in MS?
  • CL: Where are the data centers being built in Mississippi? See the map
  • CL: What are best state capitals to live in the US? Where Jackson, MS ranks
  • CL: Elon Musk, xAI give 500 generators to MS county struggling after ice storm

Politics and Government

  • WXXV: Secretary of State Michael Watson making announcement Tuesday
  • DJ: Education was the signature issue of the ’26 legislative session. What happened?
  • WLBT: AG opinion appears to shoot down idea of using Trump Accounts as employee incentives
  • CL: Do Facebook, TikTok hurt kids? MS high court lets state suits proceed
  • MAG: Lawmakers fail to reach agreement to ease ABC backlog adversely affecting Mississippi businesses
  • CL: MS legislators decide on most of next year’s budget
  • CL: What will teacher pay raises from MS Legislature look like this year?
  • CL: Mississippi Legislature passes bill requiring citizenship proof for voting
  • SH: A South MS lawyer suing a judge for sexual harassment also wants his job
  • ST: Reeves’ veto of disaster loan bill sparks dispute with Mississippi lawmakers

    Blog

  • JJ: (Alleged) Perv Arrested in Rankin County
  • MT: Wicker promotes Childhood Investment Accounts at Jackson event, says Tuesday will be ‘consequential day’ in war with Iran
  • MAG: Watson running for Lt. Governor
  • MT: Michael Watson announces run for lieutenant governor
  • JJ: The Squatters Among Us
  • MT: Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy campaigns for Sen. Hyde-Smith in Flowood
  • JJ: Will the Bells Toll in Rankin County?
  • MAG: Legislative Democrats vent frustrations as 2026 session wraps up
  • MT: All over but the crying. What exactly did the Mississippi Legislature do for three months?
  • JJ: The Latest 990’s
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