Perspective

• MICHAEL WATSON: Accurate voter rolls important in Mississippi
• GC ED: A better way to entice business
• SID SALTER: Infrastructure Woes; After Ice Storms Comes Potholes, Road & Bridge Deteriorations
• DAVID MCRAE: The state’s credit score
• JAMES CUMMINS: Mississippi senate should pass Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund
• HENRY BARBOUR: Republicans have to come together to win
• BILL CRAWFORD: Republicans’ bills defy Carmichael goal to strengthen governor
• BOBBY HARRISON: Constitution change could strengthen independents
• JACK RYAN: Feds sweeten Medicaid deal
• AP: Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

State News

• SH: Two new groups will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in Mississippi
• CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 984 new cases, 39 deaths reported Friday
• CL: COVID-19 cases in decline in Mississippi, but less testing could be skewing data, officials say
• CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 656 new cases, 73 deaths reported Tuesday
• SH: No COVID-19 variant cases found yet in Mississippi
• CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 1,210 cases, 40 deaths reported Friday
• CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 2,186 cases, 38 deaths reported Friday
• CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 1,804 cases, 28 deaths reported Thursday
• CD: “We were all flying kind of in the dark”: Mississippi State President Mark Keenum on COVID-19, the College Football Playoff and a year of change in Mississippi
• CL: Officials: Virus samples from Mississippi sent to CDC for further testing

Politics and Government

• DJ: House leadership quietly crafted income tax overhaul, lawmakers scrambled ahead of vote
• DJ: AG residency requirement opinion produces election challenge
• DJ: Marijuana advocates raise concerns about Legislature’s replacement program
• WDAM: Bill could expand services provided by optometrists in Miss.
• DJ: State, Dept. of Justice attorneys close to reaching deal on mental health improvements
• AP: Mississippi Lottery adds $75M to state revenue since July
• AP: Mississippi Senate works to revise business incentives
• WJTV: Secretary of State encourages Mississippians to protect online accounts
• DJ: Lottery money, secret political donations and voter rolls: Legislature still faces roster of proposals
• DJ: Senate bill could politicize Mississippi archives and history board

Blog

• MT: Economists: GDP, income, population would drop from Reeves’ income tax elimination proposal
• MT: Education groups rip Speaker Gunn’s massive tax proposal
• YALL: Speaker Gunn unpacks income tax phase out plan at Capitol press conference
• JJ: Food Fight!!! (Stokes Edition)
• MCIR: Could Indiana’s ‘conservative’ version of Medicaid expansion work for Mississippi?
• YALL: A new effort to create a Conservation Trust in Mississippi could become reality
• MT: House leaders move to eliminate Mississippi income tax, raise sales and other taxes in landmark bill
• JJ: Senate Passes Economic Development Bill
• MT: Podcast: Could Mississippi finally raise its gas tax?
• JJ: Man (Allegedly) Kills Woman with Sword