Perspective

• BOBBY HARRISON: Should Mississippi, like Kansas, vote on abortion? Would the outcome differ?
• BILL CRAWFORD: Firefighter Shortage Shows Need for Rural Plan
• SID SALTER: Air Conditioning Prisons is Measure of Both Basic Humanity & Business Acumen
• MICHAEL WATSON: Get Ready to Vote, Mississippi
• BILL CRAWFORD: Financial Straits May Force Hospital Ownership Changes
• BOBBY HARRISON: In Mississippi, forgiveness does not equate to felony voting reforms
• BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi in midst of historic times in terms of available state revenue
• BILL CRAWFORD: Speculation underway about 2023 races
• BILL CRAWFORD: Mississippi Continues to Struggle in National Rankings
• BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi, where abortion is technically both legal and illegal at the same time

State News

• CL: Year of the cat: Another Mississippi state record broken with giant blue catfish
• MCIR: Mississippi now leads the world in mass incarceration
• CL: Grand jury declines to indict woman whose accusation led to Emmett Till lynching
• SH: Who is the richest person in Mississippi? They’re brothers — and billionaires.
• CL: Millions of gallons of raw sewage flowed into Town Creek over three month period, city says
• SH: The CDC used ‘shoe-leather detective work’ to find a deadly bacteria on MS Coast. What now?
• CL: Medical Marijuana: How is Mississippi’s new industry unfolding as licenses are approved
• CL: Why James Meredith told Deion Sanders his decision to coach Jackson State football was important
• CL: Mark Konradi named Clarion Ledger executive editor, USA TODAY state editor for Mississippi
• DJ: The Moon Man of Kilgore Hills

Politics and Government

• DJ: Rep. Jason White says he wants to be Speaker, encourages Gunn to make a decision soon
• WLOX: Secretary of State concerned about federal overreach of elections related Executive Order
• CL: Charges dismissed against developer David B. Hunt who was indicted for wire fraud in 2020
• WLBT: ‘I am deeply troubled’: Congressman Guest responds to the FBI raid of Mar-a-Lago
• AP: Viral video of Mississippi arrest sparks investigation
• CL: Treatment causing boil water notices will continue being used for a year, mayor says
• DJ: Jason White seeking support to be Speaker as Philip Gunn stays quiet about future plans
• WJTV: Stokes to propose solutions to Jackson’s water issue
• DJ: Nancy and Zach New attempted to get $400k from Tupelo nonprofit through civil lawsuit
• CL: Blue Cross MS files lawsuit against UMMC officials, claim defamation in PR campaign

Blog

• YALL: White sets sights on Speaker of the Mississippi House, but timing still in question
• JJ: JSU Delays Move-in Days Due to H20 Problems
• MT: Plan to help poor with insurance stripped from federal bill
• JJ: Still Gagged
• MT: ‘A whitewash’: Emails show MDHS pushed to hamstring probe into welfare misspending
• YALL: Do poor Mississippians stand to be audited by IRS more following “Inflation Reduction Act”?
• JJ: JPD Officer Arrested
• YALL: Large percentage of Small businesses cite inflation as number one issue
• JJ: Restaurants to Jackson: “We’re Tapped Out”
• JJ: Flashback: Cutting Off the Cutoffs