Perspective

• ANGELA TURNER FORD: Miss. governor should reconsider decision to stop accepting enhanced unemployment benefits
• DJ ED: Don’t just cut benefits, provide incentives for workers
• SID SALTER: If Biden means his tough China talk, look to Wicker’s SHIPYARD Act
• SLIM SMITH: Labor shortage may be more nuanced than it appears
• SPENCER RITCHIE: U.S. Supreme Court considers donor disclosure challenge
• BILL CRAWFORD: Can Mississippi Stop Rural Brain Drain?
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Census will reshape political maps in Mississippi: Who could gain, lose?
• BOBBY HARRISON: Task of redrawing U.S. House districts not as daunting as in 2000
• STEVE PATTERSON: “Listen to Lyndon, Joe!”
• SID SALTER: Amid 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Movement, Court to Hear Gun Rights Case

State News

• WLOX: South Mississippi businesses face hiring struggles
• 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

Politics and Government

• CL: A $29 billion COVID-19 relief fund may give some MS restaurants the boost they need to bounce back
• DJ: Speaker Philip Gunn urges crack down on Mississippi unemployment benefits
• DJ: Access to affordable housing is one of the top issues for Tupelo voters this election cycle
• NW: Mississippi GOP Official Warns ‘We See the End Times,’ Calls for More Christians to Seek Office
• GC: Get On The Stick, Gov. Reeves
• 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

Blog

• YALL: YP Daily Roundup 5/14/21
• JJ: JMAA Keeps Minutes from The Kingfish
• MT: Democratic National Committee to invest in Mississippi, other red-state parties
• JJ: Favre Still to Repay State in Full
• YALL: Representatives Guest and Letlow Introduce Resolution to Recognize National Police Week in the House
• YALL: MS Democratic Party Chair chastises Reeves for announcing end of federal unemployment benefits
• MT: Reeves still silent as Board of Education vacancies again stall key votes
• YALL: YP Daily Roundup 5/11/21
• MT: Podcast: New law makes more Mississippians eligible for parole
• JJ: The REST of the Story: Jackson Finances