WaPo: “President Biden has asked leaders of the Democratic National Committee to make South Carolina the nation’s first primary state, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada a week later, and hold subsequent weekly primaries in Georgia and Michigan, according to Democrats briefed on the plans. The tectonic decision to remake his party’s presidential nominating calendar…

ABC News: “Early turnout in Georgia’s fast approaching Senate runoff between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker broke daily voting records three times since polls in all 159 counties opened last Monday. Ahead of the Tuesday runoff, state officials have celebrated the historic feat. Elections experts contextualized those numbers as unusually high because of a voting period that…

MS Today: “Mississippi can spend about $7 million a year to keep mothers and newborns healthier, or continue to spend tens of millions more dealing with the fallout of having the worst infant and maternal mortality and morbidity in the country, health experts told lawmakers Thursday. “This reminds me of that Midas commercial: Pay me now, or…

WaPo: ““I hate the saying, ‘Everything happens for a reason,’ or ‘It’ll get easier,’ because it doesn’t,” Ellie said. “It doesn’t get easier. Grief and loss never do. I think they just get different. You learn where some days you’re an emotional wreck and others, you don’t think about them as much. Or you think…

MS Today: “Make no mistake about it – President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice is taking over the Jackson water system because both the city of Jackson and the state of Mississippi have been unable or unwilling to fix it. Perhaps the governor should send Biden, whom he often goes on offense against, a thank…

MS Free Press: “The parents of a teenage Mississippi rape victim had to travel more than 500 miles to help their daughter obtain an abortion in Illinois, WAPT’s Megan West reported. The family told the local Jackson anchor that they learned their daughter was pregnant three days beyond Mississippi’s legal limit of six weeks. The parents,…

WaPo: “Rep. A. Donald McEachin (D-Va.) died Monday, just weeks after winning reelection to Congress, his office announced. He was 61. McEachin had represented Virginia’s 4th District, which stretches from Richmond to the North Carolina line, since 2017. Before that, he had served nine years as a state senator and eight as a delegate. “We are…

Off the Kuff: “I know I just said that I don’t want to engage in wischcasting for this, and I still don’t. But we do need to be prepared to think about who we want to see run for this nomination, and the sooner the better. It’s still the case that no Texas Republican has…

Politico: “Flashback— DeSantis suspended Warren for a handful of reasons, including a pledge the elected prosecutor made to not enforce certain laws, such as the state’s recently enacted ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy without exceptions for rape or incest. Framework — During a trial that could last anywhere from three to five days, Warren’s…

Editor’s Note: It may be apparent by now that we regularly post articles covering inmate deaths in Alabama. This focus on Alabama comes not because Alabama is particularly bad at managing prisons (as far as we know) but is instead because AL Political Reporter is one of the few sources that tracks this issue. Kudos…