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AI Data Centers, Pipeline Construction

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Mississippi Sierra Club MSX Factsheet

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Alabama Rivers Alliance MSX Factsheet

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MSX Information Sheet

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MSX Geographic Info

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MSX Health and Safety Impacts

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MSX Economic Impact

 

Mississippi Today -- Where are the Data Centers Planned?

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The Daily by the New York Times -- When A.I. Comes to Town: The Backlash over Data Centers​

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Politico -- The [A.I.] Industry Comes In and Kills the Work of Local Citizens

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Mississippi Free Press -- Amazon's Canton Data Center Promises Prosperity.  For Neighbors, it's Bringing Dust, Noise, and Pollution Fears

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"Big Beautiful Bill" and Tariffs

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Joint Economic Committee Democrats -- Updated Data: American Families have already paid more than $1,700 each in Tariff Costs since Trump entered office

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MPB -- Mississippi's $9.5 billion agriculture sector facing economic pressure as planting season begins

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Congressional Budget Office – Distributional Effects of Public Law 119-21

 

Yale Budget Lab - Combined Distributional Effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and of Tariffs

 

​Education

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The Atlantic -- States are learning the wrong lesson from the "Mississippi Miracle"

 

The Daily -- The Miracle Unfolding in Mississippi Schools

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The Parents' Campaign Bill Tracker

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"School Choice" Talking Points

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Mississippi Professional Educators News & Alerts

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The Parents' Campaign News

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The Parents’ Campaign – School Superintendents Impress Senate Education Committee

 

The Parents’ Campaign Research & Education Fund – What the research says about private school vouchers 

 

Elections, Democracy, Voting Rights

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NEW! State Court Report -- The Aftermath of Callais 

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NEW! Brookings -- Callais decision threatens to stall diversity gains in House

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NEW! MPB Online -- 'we are a sleeping giant': Mississippi's Civil Rights veterans reflect on Callais decision

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The Guardian -- Louisiana postpones primaries as states rush to redraw districts after Supreme Court ruling

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The Daily -- A landmark supreme court ruling on voting rights

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The Mississippi Independent -- After Callais Supreme Court ruling, state poised to hold on to district maps previously ruled discriminatory

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Mississippi Today -- US Supreme Court voids majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, weakening part of the Voting Rights Act

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Fresh Air: Is the US heading into a dictatorship?

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The Mississippi Independent -- Legislature passes law making it harder to vote

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The Mississippi Independent -- What the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act could mean for you

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The Atlantic -- John Roberts's dream is finally coming true

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The Hill -- The SAVE America Act is bad news for Republicans

 

SPLC Condemns the Mississippi Legislature for Passing the SHIELD Act

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The Hill -- What's in Trump's Save America Act

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Mississippi Today -- National Democrats warn Mississippi about sharing voter files with Trump

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Brennan Center for Justice -- Requests for Access to Election Data and Equipment Require Balancing Risks and Public Access

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Epstein

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The Ezra Klein Show -- The Infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein's Power

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The Daily by the New York Times - Congress Orders Trump to Release the Epstein Files

 

Foreign Policy / Iran

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On with Kara Swisher -- Sen. Tillis Unfiltered: Trump, Iran & What's Next for the GOP

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The New York Times -- House Turns Back Bid to Restrict Trump's War Powers in Iran

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Politico -- Top Republican signals Iran supplemental may be coming

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The Hill -- Key GOP senator criticizes Pentagon strategy in Colby hearing 

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The Daily -- After Venezuela, Is Cuba Next?

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The Ezra Klein Show -- The Most Important Foreign Policy Speech in Years

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Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson, February 15, 2026, on the Trump Administration's display at the 62nd Munich Security Conference

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Healthcare   

 

Mississippi Today -- Greenwood Leflore Hospital warns workers of mass layoffs ahead of expected closure

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Care4Mississippi’s Linktree

 

The Mississippi Independent - Experts welcome new rural health plan, but say lack of Medicaid expansion will limit access to care

 

American Medical Association – Changes to Medicaid, the ACA and Other Key Provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

 

American Medical Association Issue Brief Spotlight: Extension of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Key to ACA Marketplace Affordability

 

American Medical Association Summary: Changes to Marketplace Eligibility and Access for Immigrants

 

KFF – ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire

 

KFF – Despite Budget Concerns, Three-Quarters of Public say Congress Should Extend the Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Set to Expire Next Year, Including Most Republicans and MAGA Supporters

 

KFF – 8 Things to Watch for the 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period

 

Immigration

 

On with Kara Swisher -- Inside the ICE Detention Boom: Soaring Abuse Claims and Little Oversight

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The New York Times -- Florida's Immigration Crackdown is Showing Cracks: 'We're Hurting People'

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Cato Institute -- Illegal Immigrant Incarceration Rates, 2010-2024: The Demographics of American Imprisonment

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The Daily -- The Firing of Kristi Noem

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The Hill -- DHS funding bill passes the House, with eroding Democratic Support

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Cato Institute Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1944 

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US Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement on Immigrant Detention, Feb. 20, 2026​

 

The Hill -- Judge throws out ruling backing Trump mass detention policy

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The Daily -- "Thugs": The Moderate Democrat Railing Against ICE

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WIRED -- ICE is expanding across the US at breakneck speed.  Here's where it's going next

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The Mississippi Independent – State residents join forces to commemorate, protest Renee Good’s ICE killing

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MPB – Mississippians respond to ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Minneapolis woman

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Sun Herald - Federal border agents set to arrive in Mississippi.  Know your rights if you get stopped

 

House Committee on Homeland Security Annual Hearing on Worldwide Threats 

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Mississippi Center for Justice Immigration Hotline: 769-229-6029  

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The Mississippi Independent – Immigration crackdown, Part 1: How we got here

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Preparing for and Responding to ICE and Border Patrol in the School Community

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Mississippi Center for Justice – assistance for immigrants

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El Pueblo, Forest MS – assistance for immigrants

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El Pueblo, Biloxi MS – assistance for immigrants

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Mississippi Access to Justice Commission – assistance for immigrants

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Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance (MIRA) – assistance for immigrants

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Immigrants Alliance for Justice and Equity (IAJE) – assistance for immigrants  

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ICE Detainee Locator

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National Immigration Law Center – How to Find a Loved One After a U.S. Immigration Arrest

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Infant Mortality in Mississippi

 

Mississippi Independent - Officials propose ways to reduce infant mortality, yet Congress moving in opposite direction

 

Mississippi Today – Lawmakers explore cash assistance for new moms, no strings attached

 

MPB – Accessibility and bias remain key factors in state’s maternal health crisis, advocates say

 

Inspiration

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Everything Happens -- Loving Mercy with Bryan Stevenson

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Rev. Chuck Poole -- A Quiet Call to National Repentance

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The Interview -- Rev. James Martin on Our Moral Duty in Turbulent Times

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Everything Happens -- Anne Lamott on Love, Shame, and Being Human

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David Brooks of The New York Times -- Time to Say Goodbye

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Mississippi State Legislature

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Mississippi Today -- Effort to reverse new majority-Black Mississippi Senate districts snuffed out quickly in legislature 

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Mississippi Free Press -- Mississippi Slashes To Offset Medicaid Cuts in Trump's "Beautiful Bill"

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MPB -- Pay raise for Mississippi teachers lands below early proposals as Medicaid pressures budget

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Mississippi Today -- Smaller teacher raise, Rube Goldberg on LSD and the state budget: Legislative recap

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Mississippi Free Press -- Teacher pay raise, mandatory online campaign finance filing among bills dead in Mississippi Legislature

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​Mississippi Today -- State House of Representatives Directory

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Mississippi Today -- State Senate Directory​

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Mississippi Today -- Find Your Mississippi State Senator and Representative

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Mississippi Legislature 2026 Legislative Session Calendar (timetable for processing legislation)

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Watch the State Legislature Online

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View the Senate Schedule – see what committees are meeting where and when

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View the House Schedule – see what committees are meeting where and when

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House Committees - see who serves on what House committees

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Senate Committees - see who serves on what Senate committees

Daily Action Reports – see what’s happening daily at the State Legislature

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The Mississippi Independent – Mississippi Legislature prepares policy agenda for 2026 session

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Mississippi Today – Democrats end GOP two-thirds supermajority in Mississippi Senate.  What does that mean?

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The Shutdowns

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The Mississippi Independent -- Jackson airport, Mississippi's busiest, faces possible shutdown amid DHS funding standoff

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Mississippi Today - Mississippi begins issuing partial SNAP benefits amid federal government shutdown

 

Mississippi Department of Human Services – Federal Shutdown Updates

 

The Mississippi Independent – Hundreds of thousands in Mississippi to lose food assistance due to shutdown