Last Updated: Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Polls

Perspective

  • BOBBY HARRISON: Primary turnout gives Mississippi Democrats a glimmer of hope for general election
  • BILL CRAWFORD: Christian Militancy Common to Hegseth and Sam Bowers
  • BOBBY HARRISON: Mississippi GOP feud no different than what Democrats used to do
  • DAVID MCRAE: Mississippi’s improved credit rating
  • WSJ ED: Late Mail Ballots at the Supreme Court
  • RUSS LATINO: Could Mississippi’s conservative, business donors stop giving to Republican incumbents?
  • BILL CRAWFORD: Buyer Beware – False Advertising Running Rampant
  • ROGER WICKER: Connecting Mississippians with D.C.
  • MAC GORDON: Data centers are booming in the South and in Mississippi in particular
  • SID SALTER: Hyde-Smith withstood a nearly “coordinated” attack in cruising to GOP primary win

State News

  • CL: See the counties growing, shrinking as Mississippi population shifts
  • CL: Mississippi ranks last in innovation. Why it matters for jobs, business
  • CL: Mississippi National Guard troops deployed in Iran war
  • CL: Richest man in the world keeps top spot. Who are billionaires in MS?
  • CL: Where are the data centers being built in Mississippi? See the map
  • CL: What are best state capitals to live in the US? Where Jackson, MS ranks
  • CL: Elon Musk, xAI give 500 generators to MS county struggling after ice storm
  • CL: MEMA reports 25 dead in Mississippi after winter storm
  • DJ: ‘Steady success’: Work continues on restoring power across Northeast Mississippi
  • CL: Winter storm recovery brings this MS city together amid massive devastation

Politics and Government

  • CL: What will teacher pay raises from MS Legislature look like this year?
  • CL: Mississippi Legislature passes bill requiring citizenship proof for voting
  • SH: A South MS lawyer suing a judge for sexual harassment also wants his job
  • ST: Reeves’ veto of disaster loan bill sparks dispute with Mississippi lawmakers
  • FNC: SCOTUS conservatives signal readiness on curbing late-arriving mail ballots
  • AP: Supreme Court will decide whether states can keep counting late mail ballots
  • CL: Mississippi mail in ballots case heard by the Supreme Court Monday
  • WXXV: House passes coastal resiliency bill sponsored by Congressman Ezell
  • CL: Mississippi Senate committee kills bill to make NIL money tax exempt
  • CL: A Mississippi bill will ban abortion pill prescriptions or sales

    Blog

  • JJ: Updated: House & Senate Approve Water Bill
  • MT: Ed spending, special projects, PBMs and PERS: Lawmakers trying to wrap up 2026 session
  • MAG: Mississippi lawmakers adopt increased K-12 public education budget even as student totals decline
  • MT: Lawmakers pass much of a $7.4B budget Sunday night, plan to end 2026 session this week
  • MAG: Mississippi lawmakers agree on $2,000 teacher pay raise
  • MT: Mental health providers brace for next year’s state budget
  • JJ: The Klan Chronicles: Mad Dogs, Stink Bombs, and BB guns
  • MAG: PBM reform dies as Speaker White calls for special session
  • JJ: Waaaaahhhhh!
  • MT: Former House Speaker Philip Gunn’s portrait unveiled at state Capitol
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