Perspective
BILL CRAWFORD: One Small Surprise & One Dead Surprise Last Week
RUSS LATINO: Halftime in Medicaid Expansion fight: where do thing stand?
BOBBY HARRISON: Fight over school funding formula could lead to big bucks for schools
MAC GORDON: Still time to do the right thing. Gov. Reeves, expand Medicaid. It is the right thing to do
BOBBY HARRISON: House Republicans demonize MAEP school funding formula while relying on its numbers
BILL CRAWFORD: Holloway Memoir Illustrates Importance of Entrepreneurs
SID SALTER: Helping Mississippi’s Working Poor Get Healthcare is Economic Development in Action
GEOFF PENDER: Maybe health care policy just isn’t Gov. Tate Reeves’ thing
JEREMY ENGLAND: In-Person Early Voting Can Increase Election Integrity and Voting Opportunities for Mississippians
BILL CRAWFORD: Medicaid Expansion Only One of Major Bills Facing Legislature
State News
SH: Casino revenue down on the MS Coast, and even bigger trouble is brewing. See why
WTVA: Procession to be held for two fallen Mississippi National Guardsmen
AP: University pauses its effort to remove ‘Women’ from its name
DJ: $3 million Mega Millions ticket bought in Corinth
AP: Mississippi restrictions on medical marijuana advertising upheld by federal judge
SH: Army Corps needs to stop killing & maiming dolphins for flood control, MS lawsuit says
SH: Army Corps downplays spillway openings that killed dolphins & oysters, MS Coast group says
HA: A Mississippi deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop Thursday: What we know
CL: Jackson enacts curfew in effort to curb youth violence. When does it start? Who is affected?
CL: NBC documentary on children working in slaughterhouses features Hattiesburg teen’s death
Politics and Government
WLBT: Future of restoring ballot initiative is uncertain as lawmakers offer different proposals
SH: Mississippi Senate votes on rules to control harbors and Coast casino sites.
AP: Proposal to merge The W, MSU fizzles in Legislature
CL: MS AG Commissioner thinks these proposed bills threaten Dixie National Rodeo.
CL: Ballot shortages not a major issue this election, but low voter turnout is
AP: Mississippi will allow quicker Medicaid coverage during pregnancy to try to help women and babies
FNC: Top red state official demands answers on Biden executive order ‘attempting to register’ illegals to vote
CL: Mississippi Senate likely to propose ‘more conservative approach’ to House Medicaid bill
CL: Mike Ezell transitioned from law enforcer to lawmaker. How was his first year in office?
CL: Mississippi House passes new education funding model
Blog
JJ: Henifin Issues Clarification
MAG: Magnolia Mornings: March 18, 2024
MAG: House Medicaid expansion bill won’t survive Senate markup
MT: Law enforcement misconduct bill moves forward in Legislature
MAG: Early in-person voting legislation passes Mississippi Senate
MT: Gov. Tate Reeves privately tells senators he will veto any Medicaid expansion bill
MAG: Senator Wicker, Congressman Ezell prevail in Republican Primary
MAG: Parchman closure legislation dies in Senate committee
MT: Vote: Mississippi presidential, Senate and House primaries on Tuesday
MT: Podcast: Attorney Rob McDuff provides update on lawsuit to create more Black-majority legislative districts