While the final chapter is far from being written, it appears that the primary focus of the 2026 Mississippi legislative session will be teach…
The oft-repeated mantra of the school choice crowd, or those wanting to give public funds to private schools, is that public education needs c…
On Saturday morning, Jan. 24, as a massive ice storm was carving a path of destruction through parts of north Mississippi and more than 48 hou…
While Speaker Jason White said he did not pressure House members for their support to garner the narrow 61-59 margin to pass his massive schoo…
The effort of Mississippi House leaders and others to expand programs providing public funds to private schools validates the oft-repeated quo…
One variation of an old saying goes, “If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers.” Another goes, “If a frog had wings,…
Gov. Tate Reeves and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann may not be lame ducks, but perhaps they could be described as limping ducks going into the 2026…
In the 1990s and early 2000s, then-state Rep. John Reeves, a Jackson Republican, made the point of order on more than one occasion that econom…
Mississippians have benefitted more from the enhanced subsidies provided for the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance policies th…
The state government of Mississippi is packed with agencies and commissions that are governed by independent boards and not by the governor.


