Perspective

• STEVE PATTERSON: “Listen to Lyndon, Joe!”
• SID SALTER: Amid 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Movement, Court to Hear Gun Rights Case
• ROGER WICKER: President uses waning ‘crisis’ to justify tax hike, socialist spending
• TIM KALICH: Vaccine Passports Not A Big Deal
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Mississippi legislators sidestep some division
• BOBBY HARRISON: Speaker Gunn does not see Medicaid expansion in religious terms
• LLC ED: Heritage vs. Hate
• MARLON WALKER: You deserve to know where your money went. That’s why we published PPP loan data
• SID SALTER: Grisham’s ‘Sooley’ scores an intriguing novel about hoops and Third World realities
• BOBBY HARRISON: The new era of cooperation in Legislature continued in 2021

State News

• WLBT: Mississippi population loss potential factors: healthcare and education
• CL: Marijuana laws are changing in the U.S. Here’s how it looks in the South.
• AP: Census shows Mississippi lost population and diversified
• CL: In 2020, Jackson surpassed a 28-year-old homicide record. In 2021, it could break that record.
• SH: Mississippi should pause use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine, health dept. advises
• SH: $55M coming to Coast for over 70 projects: Better piers, parks, boat launches and more
• SH: Mississippi reports first cases of two California COVID-19 variants
• SH: Mississippi reports first cases of two California COVID-19 variants
• AP: Mississippi rewrites ‘confusing’ COVID-19 scheduling script
• DJ: Body camera footage details Tupelo police detention of Wesley Wells

Politics and Government

• DJ: Fitch defends state mental health care system against possible court ruling
• DJ: Mississippi politicians are capitalizing on loopholes in state’s campaign finance law
• WTOK: Lt. Gov. Hosemann spoke to local leaders Friday
• WDAM: Jones County Chamber & EDA hosts Legislative Forum
• WLBT: Hyde-Smith bill would give 18-year-olds the right to buy handguns under federal law
• WDAM: Lt. Gov. Hosemann updates Pine Belt leaders on relief funding
• WLBT: Secretary of State questions legitimacy of Canton’s Democratic executive committee
• DJ: Mississippi started investigating its largest Medicaid contractor 2 years ago
• CL: Advocacy group to Reeves: Throw Confederate Heritage Month ‘into the dustbin of history’
• ND: Hosemann won’t close door to Medicaid expansion in Mississippi

Blog

• JJ: Shad Gets Two More
• MT: College board, unable to work without Reeves appointments, calls emergency meeting
• YALL: CORDER: Dear Mississippi media elitists – You’re not helping
• MT: Hospitals will soon kick off Medicaid expansion ballot drive
• MT: Medicaid agency poised to extend contract with Centene, embattled insurer and big campaign donor
• YALL: LANGE: Mainstream media weaponization of COVID yielding predictable backlash
• JJ: Wow!
• MT: Podcast: What Mississippi’s population loss means for future elections
• YALL: YP Daily Roundup 4/30/21
• JJ: State Auditor Helps School District Save $$$$