Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

January 8, 2025

Mississippi ‘yellow dog’ Democrat remembers Carter’s moderate stance on race, strong faith

Wilson Golden draws strong parallels between the political careers of William Winter and Jimmy Carter.

Opinion | James McHale •

January 6, 2025

A modern MTAG for a stronger Mississippi workforce

MTAG was designed to help residents afford education beyond high school, but in its current form MTAG explicitly excludes many students.

Opinion | Bill Crawford •

January 6, 2025

Legislators focus on $7 billion but will spend $28 billion

Welcome to the complex multiverse of government finance, writes columnist Bill Crawford.

Opinion | Russ Latino •

January 5, 2025

Rediscovering gratitude in the New Year

We live in an age of negativity. Many pine for days gone by. Still, by almost every objective measure, Americans are more prosperous, with greater longevity and more opportunities than ever before.

Opinion | Ashby Foote •

January 2, 2025

DOGE and the ghost of Ike

'The Department of Government Efficiency' has more opportunities than just reducing debt, headcount and spending. A big upside opportunity is taking on unchecked regulations.

Mississippi budget revenue fiscal year 2025

Opinion | Russ Latino •

January 2, 2025

Big decisions await Legislature in 2025

Big issues, from tax reform to school choice, Medicaid expansion to PERS, await the Legislature as it gavels in for the 2025 session next week.

Opinion | Susan Crabtree •

December 27, 2024

Could 2024 Trump’s victory counter a 2026 ‘Midterm Curse’?

One reason House majorities have grown slimmer in recent years is the increasingly sophisticated redistricting fights waged by both parties.

Opinion | Sid Salter •

December 25, 2024

Supreme Court: Awaiting the post-Christmas ghost of TikTok Future and Trump’s return

Columnist Sid Salter reviews what's at stake as the highest court in the U.S. is set to decide the app's fate beginning on Jan. 10.

Opinion | Rebecca Grant •

December 23, 2024

Boosting the maritime industrial base for Navy combat power

A stronger maritime industrial base capable of fixing ships and getting them back into combat zones could be an important part of deterrence.

Opinion | Steven Gassenberger •

December 18, 2024

The PERS $25 billion problem

In part 5 of this series on modernizing PERS, Steven Gassenberger says fixing PERS for sustainability won’t be easy, but reasonable solutions are within reach.

Opinion | Sid Salter •

December 18, 2024

GOP’s Clarke Reed fundamentally changed partisan politics in Mississippi and the South

Columnist Sid Salter says Reed possessed the keenest, most analytical political mind he ever encountered.

Opinion | Jameson Taylor •

December 16, 2024

Federalism at the crossroads: What’s next for the states after Chevron?

Jameson Taylor writes that states must assume their proper place as independent governing bodies in order for the administrative state to be rightsized.

News

News | Daniel Tyson •

January 10, 2025

Mississippi House plan to eliminate state income tax to drop Friday, here’s what’s in it

News | Michael Sisak, Associated Press , Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press , Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press , Michelle L. Price, Associated Press •

January 10, 2025

Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

News | Magnolia Tribune •

January 10, 2025

Magnolia Mornings: January 10, 2025

Business

Business | Lynne Jeter •

January 9, 2025

AI-related executive order signed by Governor Reeves

Business | Lynne Jeter •

January 8, 2025

Global venture capital firm gener8tor focuses on the Magnolia State

Business | Lynne Jeter •

January 7, 2025

Governor Reeves to sign AI executive order Wednesday

Culture

Culture | Matt Friedeman •

January 12, 2025

Church attendance steadily declining, congregations should focus outward

Culture | C.H. Spurgeon •

January 12, 2025

Seek shelter

Culture | Ben Smith •

January 10, 2025

A new member of the cult

Opinion

Opinion | Russ Latino •

December 16, 2024

Polling shows Republican voters don’t actually care about Medicaid expansion

Opinion | Bill King •

December 13, 2024

House Subcommittee issues final after-action report on COVID

Opinion | Haley Barbour •

December 12, 2024

Opinion

Mississippi ‘yellow dog’ Democrat remembers Carter’s moderate stance on race, strong faith

A modern MTAG for a stronger Mississippi workforce

Legislators focus on $7 billion but will spend $28 billion

Rediscovering gratitude in the New Year

DOGE and the ghost of Ike

Big decisions await Legislature in 2025

Could 2024 Trump’s victory counter a 2026 ‘Midterm Curse’?

Supreme Court: Awaiting the post-Christmas ghost of TikTok Future and Trump’s return

Boosting the maritime industrial base for Navy combat power

The PERS $25 billion problem

GOP’s Clarke Reed fundamentally changed partisan politics in Mississippi and the South

Federalism at the crossroads: What’s next for the states after Chevron?

News

Mississippi House plan to eliminate state income tax to drop Friday, here’s what’s in it

Judge sentences Trump in hush money case but declines to impose any punishment

Magnolia Mornings: January 10, 2025

Business

AI-related executive order signed by Governor Reeves

Global venture capital firm gener8tor focuses on the Magnolia State

Governor Reeves to sign AI executive order Wednesday

Culture

Church attendance steadily declining, congregations should focus outward

Seek shelter

A new member of the cult

Opinion

Polling shows Republican voters don’t actually care about Medicaid expansion

House Subcommittee issues final after-action report on COVID

Remembering Clarke, a Mississippi political pioneer

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