Perspective

• GEOFF PENDER: No communication, last-minute gotcha: Gov. Tate Reeves is at it again with medical marijuana
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Ex-lawmaker argues for Mississippi abortion limits
• BILL CRAWFORD: Poo-poo politicians who err on science
• DJ ED: Hosemann, Gunn should cut a deal to eliminate state income taxes and expand Medicaid
• BOBBY HARRISON: ‘Yea Mississippi,’ where outdated laws continue as other states move forward
• ROGER WICKER: Democrat inflation burns a hole in American wallets
• BILL CRAWFORD: Medicaid expansion better than tax cuts to lift state
• BOBBY HARRISON: Here’s how the Mississippi budget works
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Race theory report aims to sway policymakers
• SID SALTER: Biden plan to force banks to data mine for the IRS ignores years of budget cuts

State News

• CL: ‘We got to stop the killing:’ Deion Sanders pleads with Jackson residents after homecoming win
• SH: Where does Mississippi stand with COVID-19 as delta wave slows and holidays ahead?
• SH: Biloxi casinos have their best year ever, topping $1 billion in revenue
• CL: Mississippi is buying more wine and liquor than ever. Can the state warehouse keep up?
• SH: Popular WLOX anchor loses job for refusing to get COVID vaccine. ‘I preserved my integrity.’
• CL: Tracking COVID-19 in Mississippi: 2,071 new coronavirus cases reported Thursday
• SH: MS is using the most COVID antibody treatments in US as feds limit states’ supplies
• CL: Tracking COVID-19 in Mississippi: 2,594 new coronavirus cases reported Thursday
• SH: How many Afghan refugees are headed to Mississippi? Here’s the latest.
• SH: MS lawsuit over Bonnet Carré Spillway damage dismissed; harm to fisheries case continues

Politics and Government

• DJ: Family Resource Center says it protested questionable payments involving DiBiase wrestling family
• DJ: Nettie Davis, Charles Penson indicted by grand jury over election raffle comments
• SH: Digital COVID vaccine cards and driver’s licenses coming soon to MS, officials say
• DL: Brookhaven man must repay state more than $77M misspent
• DJ: Gov. Reeves extends state of emergency, while Speaker Gunn criticizes extensions
• DJ: Speaker Philp Gunn repeats need of special session to deal with medical worker shortages
• MBJ: State’s new Medicaid expansion outlook calculated savings missing from 2012 study
• AP: Reeves: No Date for Legislative Session on Medical Marijuana
• ST: House Speaker Pro Tempore Jason White says Mississippi medical marijuana program will pay for itself
• CL: Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson wants no part of medical marijuana program

Blog

• YALL: YP Daily Roundup 10/18/21
• JJ: Triple Homicide (Updated)
• YALL: Mississippi Dept. of Education seeks 12.56% budget increase as student population declines over 5%
• JJ: We Report, You Decide
• MT: Legislative leaders: Gov. Tate Reeves is holding up medical marijuana with ‘unreasonable demands’
• JJ: State Auditor Demands Over $77 Million Repayment
• MT: Brett Favre owes Mississippi $828K and wrestlers owe $4.8M, auditor says in latest demand
• JJ: Bookkeeper Flips in Nancy New Case
• MT: Accountant pleads guilty in welfare embezzlement case, is working with prosecutors
• YALL: YP Daily Roundup 10/11/21