Perspective
SID SALTER: Appointing Insurance Commish Overdue Improvement
ROGER WICKER: American security
BILL CRAWFORD: Few Expected Trump’s Onslaught of Disruption
RUSS LATINO: Education is big money for far left politics
BOBBY HARRISON: Coincidence or cause? National public school test scores decline as private school choice options expand
ROGER WICKER: New Trump administration good for pro-life movement
RUSS LATINO: Barksdale once railed against monopolies, he should support school choice now
SID SALTER: Pete Johnson’s political family tree filled with twisting branches of Mississippi’s history
GEOFF PENDER: Legislative recap: Shad White vs. everybody, Jackson casino effort, immigration ‘bounty hunters’
BILL CRAWFORD: Trump Tax Cuts Make Legislature’s Look Tiny
State News
ESPN: Sources: NBA gambling ring also tied to college basketball games
DJ: Longtime banker and community leader Aubrey Patterson dies at 82
CL: MDAH retells history through updates at Windsor Ruins, Vicksburg, Jefferson College and more
DJ: Tupelo man responded to Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in 1977
CL: These US states were deemed safest, deadliest for drivers. See where Mississippi ranks
SH: Billionaires like Elon Musk are changing Stennis Space Center’s historic role. Here’s how
CL: ‘Unfortunately a common occurrence’: Jackson chief speaks on 4 homicides over the weekend
CL: Remembering 9/11: Four Mississippians died in Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
SH: Francine expected to hit Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane
SH: MS Coast leaders demand solutions after teenager’s shooting. Could parents turn in guns?
Politics and Government
WLBT: Shuwaski Young’s Leap to the Right
CL: This week in Politics: Governor hopefuls raise millions in campaign cash. See who
CL: ‘A rallying point’: How Starkville inspired a statewide school district reform effort
CL: MS House passes DEI ban. See who would be impacted
DJ: Tupelo mayoral candidate arrested for simple assault
CL: Lumumba files 3 campaign finance reports after having not done so since 2021
WLOX: Billy Hewes Jr., father of Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes, dies at 85
CL: This week in politics: Parchman Farm bill dies in committee
WLOX: MPS Southern District Commissioner Wayne Carr talks “Mississippi’s Power Play”, Natural Gas Summit
LLC: Make governing great again instead of powering politics
Blog
JJ: Firebug Caught
MAG: Mississippi Senate’s tax reform proposal is here, how does it compare to House plan?
MT: Lt. Gov. Hosemann unveils $326 million ‘sustainable, cautious’ tax cut plan
MT: Court-ordered redistricting will require do-over legislative elections this year
BARBOUR/ESPY: Yazoo City: A model for expanding educational opportunity
MT: Podcast: The health care issues lawmakers are debating in 2025
MAG: House passes public to public school transfer bill, easing the process for students
JJ: Deputies Bust the Rankin Connection
JJ: Showing You The Money
MT: Sending taxpayer money to private schools advances in Mississippi House