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Perspective
ROGER WICKER: U.S. Border Crisis is a Self-Inflicted Wound
BILL CRAWFORD: No Ballot Harvesting in Mississippi
TIM KALICH: McDaniel has found a stooge
BOBBY HARRISON: Legislative rules say conference meetings are open. But are they?
BILL CRAWFORD: Governor Erupts Over Uncontroversial Bill
BOBBY HARRISON: Brandon Presley could have one advantage in governor’s race: the issues
AP: Editorial Roundup: Mississippi
SID SALTER: Will Inflation Spur Mississippi to Cut or Eliminate Sales Tax on Food?
MICHAEL WATSON: March Madness – Human trafficking on the move
TAYLOR VANCE: Public has no way to see if state board nominees are qualified
State News
SH: Singing River Health System has a buyer and it isn’t who most people expected
CL: What are the odds? Pastor lost two homes to tornadoes in three months, starts over again
NYT: A Water System So Broken That One Pipe Leaks 5 Million Gallons a Day
SH: Mississippi has invested millions of dollars to save oysters. They’re disappearing anyway.
SH: Stolen from Biloxi decades ago, a rifle used in 1847 was just found hidden in Delaware
SH: Make that 42 months in prison Coast man will serve for cross burning
SH: 30,000 bees live in the wall of a MS Coast classroom. Students want to save the hive.
WAPT: Capitol police release photos of gunman wanted in fatal drive-by shooting
CL: Jackson one of only three cities to host Barack Obama’s Change Collective
SH: Storm chaser spots rare ‘vortex cloud’ twisting over Mississippi. What caused it?
Politics and Government
DJ: House, Senate leaders still at impasse over public education funding
DJ: Senate committee agrees to revive debate on restoring ballot initiative
WLOX: Sec. of State Michael Watson talks about the death of Mississippi’s ballot initiative bill
DJ: Rep. Jason White suggests reforming the powerful Appropriations Committee
WLBT: It’s still early, but there are already three public polls looking ahead to likely Governor’s race match-up
LLC: Ezell opening office in Laurel
DJ: Court: Jackson missed step in trying to take land by airport
NBC: Poll finds potentially competitive Mississippi governor’s race
DJ: Legislature approves ‘voter purge’ process, but blocks online voter registration
AP: Electric car stores will be restricted in Mississippi
Blog
MAG: Insider Poll Results: March 10th-24th
MT: IHL names Daniel J. Ennis next president of Delta State
JJ: Initiative & Referendum Bill Only on Second “Dead”
MAG: On day of Tennessee school shooting, Mississippi Lawmakers pass bill to allow school employees to be armed
MT: Lawmakers miss deadline to pass state budget, will likely extend session
MAG: Mississippi State Superintendent of Education nomination could be in jeopardy
MT: Belzoni to Rolling Fork to Greenville: One mom’s mission to get her son medical help after the tornadoes
JJ: Cummins Brags About Murders
MT: Podcast: Biggest surprises of the wild 2023 legislative session
MT: Hosemann accuses McDaniel of ‘clear violations’ of law with campaign money
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