Find Your Voice: Vote in the Runoff
Jackson is a city of around 100,000 registered voters, and roughly 30,000 voted in the primaries on May 7.
Jackson: Stop the Scorched-Earth Politics
Jackson city elections are not our city at its best. Inevitably, one or more candidates wage scorched-earth campaigns that make our city look like a hellhole.
Doing Our Job
In the middle of crazy campaign coverage over the last week, we saw this quote posted on Facebook: "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else ...
Kemper Shareholders Should Share Pain
MPC's 582-megatwatt Kemper IGCC coal-fired power plant is now more than 80 percent complete. Since January, Southern's stock price has risen steadily from just above $42 in January to around ...
The Future of Newspapers
The program at Millsaps College April 15 was "The Future of Newspapers: The Clarion-Ledger's Pulitzer Prize 30 Years Later." The question: Can newspapers still convey big ideas?
Begin a New Day
It's been a rough couple of weeks for Jackson, with two highly regarded local men meeting untimely deaths.
JPS’ Cedrick Gray Deserves Fairness
A few months ago, The Clarion-Ledger ran a splashy Sunday A1 story about alleged financial mismanagement at the school district Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Cedrick Gray formerly managed.
Show Us That Clinton is Better for DOR
The Department of Finance and Administration has finally made its long-awaited recommendation for a new permanent home for the Department of Revenue, which is now housed in a Quonset hut ...
The Two-Way Street of Democracy
Transparency in government is a big and often slippery subject that most media outlets only look at from the 10,000-foot national level.
Voters Were Not Confused
In November 2011, 58 percent of Mississippi voters made their voices unequivocally heard when they said "No" to Initiative 26.
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See the latest 100bill_jackson Well, congratulations. Enjoy your ever shrinking tax base.
May 23, 11:42 a.m. on Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
Donna Ladd 1234, just saw your post way above. Sorry, the conspiracy theory doesn't stick. Tom's piece was his column that week, ...
May 23, 11:20 a.m. on Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
js1976 "Will the public schools in our area be the best (or even a good) educational option for our children?" Well ...
May 23, 10:34 a.m. on Open Letter to Mr. Lumumba from Ward 7 Couple
Donna Ladd And that rumor runs counters to all of his recent actions and statements. I wouldn't lie awake at sleep worrying ...
May 23, 10:15 a.m. on Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
Donna Ladd Just came from the city about that Old Canton sinkhole: > Traffic Alert > > The City of Jackson Department ...
May 23, 10:02 a.m. on Open Letter to Mr. Lumumba from Ward 7 Couple
Lumumba Wins Democratic Primary; Presumptive Mayor of Jackson
By Tyler Cleveland