Perspective
BILL CRAWFORD: Debt Importance Seems to Disappear When Republicans Take Charge
BILL CRAWFORD: PERS Reform Cuts Benefits, Fails to Address Funding Issue
BOBBY HARRISON: Lawmakers used to fail passing a budget over policy disagreement. This year, they failed over childish bickering.
GEOFF PENDER: Government secrecy tends to bite Mississippi in the butt. It’s happened again
SID SALTER: Trump’s Hints of “Methods” for 3rd Term Provide Powerful Political Distraction
GEOFF PENDER: Mississippi lawmakers end 2025 session unable to agree (or even meet about) state budget: Legislative recap
BILL CRAWFORD: Legislative Squabbling Ends Session Early
SID SALTER: Despite Criticism, Trump Tariffs Have Support of Billionaire Furniture Titan
GEOFF PENDER: Legislative session crashes with lawmakers unable to set a budget because of Republican infighting
MAC GORDON: Can we get a town hall, senators? Voters want face-to-face meetings
State News
SH: Domestic or imported? MS will join neighbors by demanding honesty in seafood labeling
CL: ‘It’s unbelievable they survived.’ MS family buried in debris as tornado destroys home
SH: State says to stay out of water at 2 Mississippi Coast beaches, month after previous alert
CL: General Electric investing millions into this Mississippi community
CL: All three victims identified after medical helicopter crash in Madison County
DJ: Jerry Mitchell speaks about ‘Race Against Time’ at Tupelo Reads event
ESPN: Sources: NBA gambling ring also tied to college basketball games
DJ: Longtime banker and community leader Aubrey Patterson dies at 82
CL: MDAH retells history through updates at Windsor Ruins, Vicksburg, Jefferson College and more
DJ: Tupelo man responded to Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in 1977
Politics and Government
CL: DOGE drops 2 Mississippi federal properties from office closures, savings list
SH: Election runoffs are happening Tuesday. Who’s running in your South MS city?
CL: Local leaders calling on Legislature to increase Mississippi retirement system funding
WLOX: Congressman Mike Ezell meets with Coast faith leaders to discuss Capitol actions impacting Mississippians
CL: This week in politics: DOJ drops lawsuit with Mississippi Senate
CL: Lt. governor: Mississippi needs to plan for lean budget as President Trump ‘rights the ship’
DCN: Judges order DeSoto County Senate district maps be redrawn again
CL: MS local leaders, experts, disagree on impact of ‘historic’ tax cut. What they say
CL: This week in politics: Trump to appoint new federal judge in MS
WDAM: Income tax, retirement plans: Lieutenant governor reflects on 2025 legislative session
Blog
MAG: Runoff elections being held Tuesday in 28 cities, 2 House Districts
JJ: No Extra Time for Canton Elections Today
MT: Podcast: Mississippi Democratic legislative leader says GOP bickering prevents work on transformative issues
MAG: Regulating kratom in Mississippi: Age restriction, local bans, business concerns
JJ: Bennie Lowers the Boom
MAG: U.S. Dept. of Justice voluntarily dismisses lawsuit alleging pay discrimination by the Mississippi Senate
MAG: Court orders State Board of Election Commissioners to redraw DeSoto County Senate districts
MT: How Lumumba faltered to Horhn: Jackson’s mayoral candidate rematch explained in 5 charts
JJ: Car Scammer Pleads Guilty
MT: Trump to appoint two Northern District MS judges after Aycock takes senior status
