Perspective

• LEX TAYLOR: Congress Must Pass the Bipartisan Innovation Act
• SID SALTER: The Uncertain Future of Social Security Program
• ROGER WICKER: Americans Pay Steep Price for Biden Agenda
• SAM R. HALL: What will happen with abortion in Mississippi if Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade?
• BILL CRAWFORD: Temps, Prices, & Politics All Up
• BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi officials did what South Dakota leaders couldn’t — block Medicaid expansion
• SID SALTER: A Surprising Week in Mississippi Politics Revolves Around Entrenched Division, Apathy
• CHIP PICKERING: Sound the alarm and protect American tech from Senate legislation
• BOBBY HARRISON: Rep. Thompson’s unadopted redistricting plan could have cost Rep. Guest his seat
• LLC ED: Send ‘Swamp Steven’ packing

State News

• CL: ‘Like a voice from Heaven’: 15 years after death, boy’s message in a bottle finds way home
• SH: Singing River and 17 other MS hospitals must return millions in Medicaid funds. Why?
• SH: Will Ochsner Health bid on a Singing River hospital merger? What CEO says
• DJ: Census report shows Mississippi was significantly undercounted
• CA: Parents in DeSoto County ‘wait impatiently’ for legalized medical marijuana for their kids
• SH: Will Mississippi high school athletes be allowed to take medical cannabis and play sports?
• SH: Children are eligible for medical marijuana in MS. Can students take it at school?
• SH: Want to apply for a Mississippi medical marijuana card? Here are the details and cost.
• CA: ‘You don’t limit Walgreens’: Zoning issues complicate medical marijuana in Southaven
• DCN: Hernando, Olive Branch are in, Southaven opts out of cannabis law

Politics and Government

• AP: Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote no as Senate OKs landmark gun violence bill
• CL: Mississippi congressional runoffs: 3 districts to choose Republican candidates Tuesday
• SH: $53.3 million. 33 jobs. No plan. That’s how Mississippi lawmakers are spending BP oil spill money.
• WDAM: Ezell campaigns in Hattiesburg ahead of runoff
• WJTV: Hosemann concerned about inflation in Mississippi
• WDAM: Palazzo, Ezell debate scheduled for Friday ahead of congressional runoff
• CL: Medical marijuana, state song and more: What bills will become laws in Mississippi in July
• WLOX: Mississippi lawmakers weigh in on possibility of suspending state gas tax
• WLBT: Lawsuit filed alleges two bills would send public money to fund private school, violating state constitution
• DJ: Sens. Wicker, Hyde-Smith noncommittal on bipartisan gun safety proposal

Blog

• YALL: Absentee voting ahead of June 28th Mississippi Republican runoffs not breaking any records
• MT: Videos: Where do Ezell, Palazzo stand on the issues?
• JFP: Facing GOP Runoff With Mike Ezell, Steven Palazzo Agrees to First Debate in 12 Years
• MT: Despite a downward trend in teen births, Mississippi tops nation in 2020
• JJ: The Price of Pandering
• YALL: Secretary of State Watson talks “Tackle the Tape,” “29×29” with Bigger Pie Forum
• YALL: Ezell pushes back on Palazzo’s claims, says he will show up for South Mississippi
• MT: New law gives MDOC commissioner choice in how people are executed
• YALL: Griffin endorses Guest in MS03 runoff after he says Cassidy supporter threatened his business
• JJ: Will the Lost Soul Get Paid?