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This story originally appeared in the Jackson Free Press. It was added to the Mississippi Free Press website in 2025.
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Nicholas Scott Whitehead Waste of time.

Lena Jones Something for everyone.

Jeff E Good Big Changes Ahead.

Lindsey Cacamo Argumentative without logic.

Laurie Bertram Roberts Smoke and mirrors.

Dane Carney Rearranging deck chairs.

Georgia Casey Purvis Polarizing polarizing polarizing.

Scott Essex No major breakthroughs.

Jo B. Williams We shall see.

Stephanie Burks Ball of confusion … Lesser of evils … Big ole’ headache … Glad its over.

Karen L. Monday Bunch of bull.

Donna Ladd Time will tell.

Gaylen Regan Too many candidates.

Chip Mabry Progress Can Happen!

Jan Taylor-Ellis Not for sale!

Jeff Karer Fork in road.

Mississippi native Donna Ladd and partner Todd Stauffer founded the Jackson Free Press in 2002 in the capital city. The heavily awarded local newspaper did many investigations heralded across the state and nation and served as a paper of record due to its diversity, inclusion, in-depth reporting and deep connection to readers and dedication to narrative change in and about Mississippi. In 2022, the nonprofit Mississippi Free Press, founded by Ladd and JFP Associate Publisher Kimberly Griffin in 2020, purchased the journalism assets and archives of the Jackson Free Press. A Google grant through AAN Publishers enabled Newspack's integration of the JFP archives into the Mississippi Free Press website to become part of a more searchable archive of recent Mississippi history and essential journalism.