Last Updated: Thursday, May 21, 2026

Polls

Perspective

  • SID SALTER: 2nd-Gen Jurist Brings Impactful Nature on Federal Bench to Close at Age 85
  • LLC ED: Just do it, Gov.
  • ROGER WICKER: Mississippi students, graduates continue to impress
  • BILL CRAWFORD: AI Model’s Adaptation of Soggy Sweat Speech
  • BOBBY HARRISON: Bennie Thompson may be safe for 2026 election after Gov. Reeves recognizes redistricting’s pitfalls for the GOP
  • MIKE EZELL: Supporting law enforcement shouldn’t be political
  • SID SALTER: Remembering the Legacies of Former Governor Kirk Fordice & First Lady Pat Fordice
  • BILL CRAWFORD: Sen. Hyde-Smith Could Have Acted Sooner
  • RUSS LATINO: Something for everyone to hate in the redistricting debate
  • BOBBY HARRISON: Is Delbert Hosemann’s performance in the Legislature based on perception or reality?

State News

  • WLBT: Former governor’s son dies in plane crash
  • WLOX: Hancock Middle School students recognized in Congress for preventing bus crash
  • CL: Meta quietly enters the Mississippi data center economy
  • CL: From Borat to ‘Balls Up’ movie, Sacha Baron Cohen brings MS into the joke
  • CL: Confederate Memorial Day a Mississippi holiday. Some want to drop it
  • SH: Pascagoula suspect killed, was attempting to cause an explosion, officials say
  • GC: Greenwood Leflore Hospital Files For Bankruptcy As It Works Out Deal With UMMC
  • GC: Greenwood Hospital Could Close In June
  • 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

Politics and Government

  • ST: Political speaking schedule announced for 2026 Neshoba County Fair
  • DJ: Mississippi Sen. Daniel Sparks officially announces candidacy for state auditor
  • CL: Congressman Bennie Thompson talks redistricting at Jackson town hall
  • CL: How Mississippi politicians, advocates reacted to redistricting cancelation
  • FNC: Mississippi’s GOP governor drops election pledge in huge setback for Trump’s midterm plan
  • WLBT: Governor: Bennie Thompson’s ‘reign of terror’ over
  • ST: ‘Time is ticking’: Hosemann mulling governor run while focusing on legislative affairs
  • CL: What areas will MS House Speaker Jason White focus on next session?
  • CL: MS does not have to redraw Supreme Court districts, court rules
  • SH: Biloxi online critic answers city court charges, disputes judge’s jurisdiction

    Blog

  • MT: ‘We’re ready to fight’: Thousands protest Mississippi redistricting and rally for voting rights
  • MAG: Magnolia Mornings: May 21, 2026
  • JJ: Duff Lawsuit to be Dismissed
  • MAG: Mississippi Democratic Party plans boycotts, protests in wake of SCOTUS ruling
  • MT: Sen. Daniel Sparks announces he will run for state auditor in 2027
  • JJ: Trial Delayed for Accused Beth Israel Burner
  • JJ: Food Fight! (Updated)
  • MT: Rep. Robert Johnson on Mississippi’s looming redistricting battles
  • MAG: U.S. Supreme Court vacates Mississippi’s legislative redistricting order
  • JJ: Staying Out of the Prado Power Struggle
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