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Perspective
MICHAEL WATSON: Accurate voter rolls important in Mississippi
GC ED: A better way to entice business
SID SALTER: Infrastructure Woes; After Ice Storms Comes Potholes, Road & Bridge Deteriorations
DAVID MCRAE: The state’s credit score
JAMES CUMMINS: Mississippi senate should pass Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund
HENRY BARBOUR: Republicans have to come together to win
BILL CRAWFORD: Republicans’ bills defy Carmichael goal to strengthen governor
BOBBY HARRISON: Constitution change could strengthen independents
JACK RYAN: Feds sweeten Medicaid deal
AP: Editorial Roundup: Mississippi
State News
SH: Two new groups will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines in Mississippi
CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 984 new cases, 39 deaths reported Friday
CL: COVID-19 cases in decline in Mississippi, but less testing could be skewing data, officials say
CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 656 new cases, 73 deaths reported Tuesday
SH: No COVID-19 variant cases found yet in Mississippi
CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 1,210 cases, 40 deaths reported Friday
CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 2,186 cases, 38 deaths reported Friday
CL: Coronavirus in Mississippi: 1,804 cases, 28 deaths reported Thursday
CD: “We were all flying kind of in the dark”: Mississippi State President Mark Keenum on COVID-19, the College Football Playoff and a year of change in Mississippi
CL: Officials: Virus samples from Mississippi sent to CDC for further testing
Politics and Government
DJ: House leadership quietly crafted income tax overhaul, lawmakers scrambled ahead of vote
DJ: AG residency requirement opinion produces election challenge
DJ: Marijuana advocates raise concerns about Legislature’s replacement program
WDAM: Bill could expand services provided by optometrists in Miss.
DJ: State, Dept. of Justice attorneys close to reaching deal on mental health improvements
AP: Mississippi Lottery adds $75M to state revenue since July
AP: Mississippi Senate works to revise business incentives
WJTV: Secretary of State encourages Mississippians to protect online accounts
DJ: Lottery money, secret political donations and voter rolls: Legislature still faces roster of proposals
DJ: Senate bill could politicize Mississippi archives and history board
Blog
MT: Economists: GDP, income, population would drop from Reeves’ income tax elimination proposal
MT: Education groups rip Speaker Gunn’s massive tax proposal
YALL: Speaker Gunn unpacks income tax phase out plan at Capitol press conference
JJ: Food Fight!!! (Stokes Edition)
MCIR: Could Indiana’s ‘conservative’ version of Medicaid expansion work for Mississippi?
YALL: A new effort to create a Conservation Trust in Mississippi could become reality
MT: House leaders move to eliminate Mississippi income tax, raise sales and other taxes in landmark bill
JJ: Senate Passes Economic Development Bill
MT: Podcast: Could Mississippi finally raise its gas tax?
JJ: Man (Allegedly) Kills Woman with Sword
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