Perspective

• SID SALTER: Dueling medical marijuana initiatives face a hard road
• ROGER WICKER: CORPS Act would provide work opportunities and meet local needs
• BILL CRAWFORD: What Hearts Lead Us Today?
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Mississippi group aims for simple flag design
• JASON SHELTON: I will forgo re-election, fight corruption of Trump administration
• BOBBY HARRISON: Gunn’s special delivery to Reeves made for busy July 4th holiday
• GC ED: Reeves on masks: illogical and timid
• SID SALTER: Charles Evers Was a Walking Contradiction
• BILL CRAWFORD: We Need More Servant-Leaders Like Bill Scaggs
• BOBBY HARRISON: Reeves depends on opinion of old rival Hood to ensure education funding

State News

• SH: These local legislators battled COVID-19 and have warnings for Coast as cases spread
• CL: Corinth School District reports 2 more COVID-19 cases Wednesday
• AP: Choctaw Indians bear brunt of virus outbreak in Mississippi
• CL: Mississippi issues stay-at-home order for those who test positive for COVID-19
• CL: Curfew issued for city of Jackson; documentation required for essential workers if stopped by police
• WAPT: Corinth School District’s COVID-19 cases now up to 5
• SH: ‘We are going to pay the price’ if Mississippi kids go back to school this week, Dobbs says
• DJ: Lee County decides to keep Confederate monument in current location
• CL: Mississippi releases more than 2,000 submissions for new state flag
• DJ: South Tippah superintendent tests positive for COVID-19

Politics and Government

• SH: MS schools don’t have to report COVID-19 cases or outbreaks to the public, Reeves says
• CL: Michigan man, accused of threatening former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, indicted
• WAPT: State lawmaker with COVID-19 released from hospital after 18 days
• CL: Out of $240 million set aside for businesses impacted by COVID-19, just 1% has gone out
• DJ: Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton won’t seek third term
• WLOX: Educators, parents ‘preach to the choir’ at Mississippi Teachers Unite Rally
• SH: The mayor of Diamondhead has died. ‘He was a tireless advocate for the city.’
• SH: Patients could become drug dealers if medical pot passes in MS, opponents say on Coast
• WLBT: Some state senators calling for flag referendum
• DJ: Mississippi governor, Tupelo mayor feud over state’s response to COVID-19

Blog

• YALL: Copy of Lawsuit in Gunn/White vs. Reeves
• JJ: Shad Rolls Out Cares Act Plan
• MT: House will sue Gov. Reeves over vetoes, setting up another clash between GOP leaders
• MT: Gov. Tate Reeves says GOP lawmakers are suing him because he vetoed ‘payoffs for friends’
• YALL: House leaders plan to sue Governor Tate Reeves over line item vetoes
• MT: Reeves delays start of school only in hot spots, orders statewide mask mandate
• JJ: Hinds Gets Extra Judges
• MBJ: Reeves pushes back school for eight counties; issues statewide mask mandate
• HT: President Trump Removes Square Books Owner Richard Howorth From TVA Board of Directors
• MSL: Teachers group leader says Mississippi’s school plan ‘reckless and irresponsible’