Perspective

• CHAD WICKER: A view of political campaigns
• GEOFF PENDER: Reform, ethics, transparency, fighting political corruption — it must be election time in Mississippi
• BILL CRAWFORD: Voters Could Change Triumvurate
• BOBBY HARRISON: Will Supreme Court rely on ‘plain reading’ of law in two highly partisan cases?
• SID SALTER: Debt ceiling drama, campaign rhetoric ignores the truth of federal spending in Mississippi
• BILL CRAWFORD: PEER Report on PERS More Bold Than Usual
• BOBBY HARRISON: Studies show that not expanding Medicaid is killing Mississippians
• SID SALTER: Johnny Morgan: He understood and believed in bipartisanship and the duty to govern
• ROGER WICKER: New legislation would help local governments stimulate growth
• BOBBY HARRISON: Presley’s campaign tracks Hood on issues, but welfare scandal could be difference

State News

• SH: A 3.3 earthquake hit off the coast of Gulfport. Is South MS in danger of another?
• CL: 14 people shot after a concert in Clarksdale, Mississippi
• DJ: Oxford businessman, state politico dead in Arkansas plane crash
• AP: Jackson’s federally appointed water manager may also take over the city’s sewer system
• CS: IRS: Mississippi lost 2,436 taxpayers, $47M in 2020
• SH: Memorial Hospital at Gulfport announces mass layoffs
• CL: Carolyn Bryant Donham, woman at center Emmett Till lynching, dies
• CL: Mississippi leads other states with the deadliest roads. Here’s what you should know
• NYT: Sex Abuse, Beatings and an Untouchable Mississippi Sheriff
• DJ: $1 million Powerball ticket won in Corinth

Politics and Government

• WTVA: Small plane had mechanical problems before Arkansas crash that killed Mississippi ex-senator
• CL: MS Department of Public Safety Commissioner launches GoFundMe for fallen Madison officer
• NBC: Mississippi Republicans seek removal of pride flag from Veterans Affairs cemetery
• AP: Mississippi absentee ballot law harms voters with disabilities, lawsuit says
• SH: A US Congressman wants pride flag removed from Biloxi VA. Why it won’t happen.
• CL: See list of biggest, well-known donors for Delbert Hosemann, Chris McDaniel in Mississippi
• WLOX: Congressman Ezell asks VA leaders to remove rainbow flag from display
• WCBI: Lieutenant Governor travels across area to campaign for 2nd term in office
• DJ: Presley unveils final leg of his ethics reform proposal
• CL: Three of four Mississippi members of the House voted to raise the debt ceiling, see who

Blog

• MAG: Lawsuit claims new Mississippi law requiring approval to protest near state buildings will restrict free speech
• MT: St. Dominic lays off 5.5% of its workforce, halts mental health services
• JJ: Shootout Near Freelons
• JJ: Ewwwww!!!
• MAG: Gulf Coast Restoration Fund portal to open for project requests
• MT: Podcast: Gov. Ronnie Musgrove talks 2023 governor’s race and Brandon Presley’s chances
• JJ: Update on Crossgates Killing (Updated)
• MAG: Three of four Mississippi Congressmen support compromise debt ceiling bill
• MT: Millions were supposed to go to Mississippi’s hospitals. Getting that money will be difficult for most, and impossible for others
• JJ: Brandon Police Officer Shot