Y'all Politics was a for-profit political blog focused on political news in Mississippi until 2022. Originally founded in 2004 by Alan Lange to cover the 2005 Jackson mayoral race,[1][2] the publication documented Mississippi politics from a conservative perspective.[3][4][2] The site conducted polling on statewide political issues.[5] In 2013, it was named one of the best state-based political blogs by Chris Cillizza of The Washington Post.[6]
Y'all Politics staff members were featured in a variety of media outlets as experts on Mississippi politics.[7][8][9][10] Staff members included Lange, Frank Corder, a former Pascagoula city councilman, Sarah Ulmer, and Anne Summerhays at the time of closing.[1]
Magnolia Tribune
Launched by Russ Latino, the president of Empower Mississippi, the nonprofit news organization The Magnolia Tribune absorbed the assets of Y'all Politics in December 2022.[11] Alan Lange stepped away from the new organization, but the rest of the Y'all Politics staff transferred to the new publication.[12][1]
The news organization began producing articles in January 2023.[3][3] The Tribune features a much larger staff compared to Y'all Politics and covers news, business, culture, opinion, and issues.[12][13]
References
^ abc"About Us". Y'all Politics. Archived from the original on November 10, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
^Smiley, Lauren (February 26, 2019). "As You Like It". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved January 12, 2025. Recently, she entered a partnership with Y'all Politics, a conservative site covering Mississippi.
