Perspective

• DEBBIE FORD: Support expansion of absentee voting during COVID-19
• BOBBY HARRISON: Gov. Reeves concedes he should have worn mask during Senate visit
• DJ ED: Urging participation in the 2020 Census
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Budget writing complicated by pandemic revenue dip
• SID SALTER: Who has more experience operating a state prison farm than controversial Cain?
• ROGER WICKER: Our Education System Is Adapting to the COVID-19 Crisis
• EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS: Mississippi prisons nominee faces Senate scrutiny
• SID SALTER: Reopening of state’s casinos signal a major boost to lagging state tax revenues
• MICHAEL WATSON: Contingency plan for November election
• ADAM GANUCHEAU: Could legislative contempt for Gov. Tate Reeves create lasting bipartisanship at the Capitol?

State News

• SH: Here’s the health department list of Mississippi nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks
• CL: MS officials say help is coming for small businesses. This barbershop can’t wait much longer.
• WLOX: Gulfport Mayor Billy Hewes on how cities are reacting to recession news
• WLOX: COVID-drained tax revenues could force cities to considers furloughs, layoffs
• SH: ‘Very likely to re-surge.’ Overwhelmed MS health dept. gets aggressive to curb COVID-19
• SH: Mississippi has first COVID-19 case of a child with multisystem inflammatory syndrome
• DJ: Mississippi casinos to reopen before Memorial Day weekend
• CL: Mississippi one of the most vulnerable states in coronavirus pandemic, researchers find
• CL: Restrictions to tighten for seven Mississippi counties that are coronavirus hotspots
• WAPT: Virtual commencement encourages graduates

Politics and Government

• AP: Mississippi elections chief opposes more mail-in voting
• CL: Everyone wanted to give Mississippi teachers a raise. Now, it’s doubtful.
• AP: Mississippi to name nursing homes with COVID-19 outbreaks
• CL: Madison County prosecutor draws ire for wishing ‘deadly strain’ of coronavirus on rioters
• AP: Mississippi State Senator Stepping Down at End of June
• DJ: Mississippi officials announce support of bill aimed to accelerate broadband program
• AP: Mississippi mayor flouts calls to resign over Floyd comments
• CL: Mississippi lawmakers vote to extend session through 2020 to deal with coronavirus response, funding
• CL: Mississippi dire outlook: Economist predicts $1.2B revenue loss from coronavirus pandemic
• AP: Judge: Health Dept. must respond to public records request

Blog

• YALL: Joint Legislative Committee discusses procedure for upcoming Elections
• JJ: Covid-19 Barely Affects Mississippi Children
• JJ: Covid-19 Slams Madison Nursing Homes
• MT: Secretary of State says existing law allows mail-in voting expansion during coronavirus pandemic. Is that enough?
• MT: Facing opposition from the governor, Senate delays vote on extending session for the year
• JJ: You Can’t Make This Up: Trooper Edition
• MT: Q&A: Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Moak discusses concerns raised about political strategy and race
• MT: Ep. 107: Will colleges and public schools resume class in the fall?
• MT: ‘I got absolutely no help’: Dysfunction within the Mississippi Democratic Party leads to historic 2019 loss
• JJ: DHS Pays Millions for a Lease It Doesn’t Use