Politics and Government

• WLBT: Judge: Jury selection in Jackson Bribery case ‘could take a while’
• CL: Mississippi Legislature passes bills to work with ICE and ban sanctuary cities
• CL: Advocates propose special session to keep school choice fight alive
• CL: First reading, now math. MS senator wants to repeat ‘Mississippi miracle’
• ST: Mississippi House may not take up bill sending $20 million to MEMA for winter storm relief
• DJ: Five new candidates join judicial ballots on last day
• DJ: Wicker writes to Kristi Noem opposing feared ‘ICE warehouse’ in Byhalia
• WXXV: Secretary of State Michael Watson on campaign finance reform
• SH: Biloxi looks at borrowing $14 million or more as plans for ward accounts shot down
• WLBT: Local leaders push back on bill they say would ‘de-incentivize’ multibillion-dollar projects

Blog

• MT: Mississippi House passes bill to force local governments and law enforcement to cooperate with ICE
• MAG: Trojan Horse: Effort to restore the ballot initiative process in Mississippi dies in the Senate
• JJ: Courthouse Copycat?
• MT: Push to restore Mississippi voters’ right to ballot initiative fizzles again
• MAG: Republicans carry deep bench into 2027 Mississippi state elections as Democrats struggle to keep pace
• MAG: High School NIL legislation quietly dies in Mississippi
• JJ: Steal $60,000, Go Home
• MAG: PBM reform bill passes in House, aims to bring down prescription costs
• MT: Pro tem Kirby says ‘We couldn’t find anybody who supported it’ when school choice bill got to Senate
• JJ: Good Gals Win a Round