Perspective

• SID SALTER: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again for Mississippi Senate Race
• BILL CRAWFORD: Reeves Less Politicizing than Trump on Covid-19
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Mississippi ballot will have candidates and issues
• PHIL HARDWICK: The slogans of Mississippi
• JAMES ROBERTSON: It’s not too late to consider prison reform in Mississippi
• BILL CRAWFORD: When will Mississippi’s economy recover?
• BOBBY HARRISON: Gov. Reeves bemoans, sometimes, what he says is politicizing of coronavirus
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: GOP keeps control amid special legislative races
• SLIM SMITH: Magnolia Flag faces an uphill climb
• ROGER WICKER: Following health protocols will Help prevent surge in cases 3 hrs ago Comments

State News

• CL: AT&T received $283M to expand broadband in rural Mississippi. Now subpoena seeks proof of service
• CL: Tropical Storm Sally updates: Mandatory evacuations begin in Hancock County
• SH: Sally may make landfall on MS Coast as storm gets more organized, new NHC track shows
• WAPT: College students defy executive orders, hundreds attend block party
• SH: Harrison County Confederate monument protest turns tense as militia group arrives
• CL: 2 ounces of pot: Thousands sign petition seeking freedom for MS woman serving life as habitual offender
• CL: State health officer: 720 schools in 74 Mississippi counties reporting coronavirus cases
• SH: Laura strengths to Category 1 hurricane, could dump a foot of rain in some areas
• AP: 2 Mississippi inmates die in Jackson hospital
• SH: Marco weakens and Laura gets stronger, but what about landfall? Tracks uncertain, NHC says

Politics and Government

• WDAM: Mississippi house candidate facing felony charge in Forrest County
• DJ: Presley claims success with AT&T subpoena
• NS: More than $569 million in COVID-19 related federal funds remain unspent
• AP: Mississippi auditor targets professor over ‘scholar strike’
• WXXV: Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann visits the Coast
• CL: Among Mississippians, Gov. Reeves’ pandemic approval ratings decline as Trump’s hold steady
• NS: Decision over Gunn lawsuit could be coming soon
• NS: Fitch secures $1.7M for MS students in ITT settlement
• CL: State auditor investigating Ole Miss professor who participated in strike
• CL: Brett Favre was paid $1.1M in welfare money. What’s Mississippi doing to get it back?

Blog

• MT: Ag Commissioner Andy Gipson still practicing law, representing companies before another state agency
• JJ: Gannett Shows What It Thinks of You
• YALL: YP Daily Roundup 9/18/20
• HT: MS State Auditor Calls for UM to Fire Assistant Professor
• JJ: #StandwithMaggie
• YALL: Hyde-Smith asks for agency plans to get COVID-19 vaccines to rural areas
• MT: Survey: Gov. Tate Reeves’ COVID-19 approval rating plummets while Trump’s holds steady
• MT: A UM professor skipped work to protest racial inequality. State auditor says he should be fired.
• YALL: Auditor calls for termination of professor who illegally participated in two-day strike
• MT: Mississippi Gulf Coast residents remain on edge as slow-moving Hurricane Sally tracks eastward