Politics

City & County

Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate

Chokwe Lumumba was a clear winner of Friday's night mayoral debate at Mississippi College School of Law.

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Was Jonathan Lee's MPI Collateral Damage in UMMC Deal?

In the case of the legal problems plaguing the family business of Jackson Democratic mayoral candidate Jonathan Lee, Mississippi Products has found itself in legal purgatory between MPI's customers: the ...

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Lee Attempts to Paint Lumumba as 'Other'

With just two days remaining before Jackson voters return to the polls to pick the city's next mayor, businessman Jonathan Lee's campaign is attempting to define rival Councilman Chokwe Lumumba ...

Education

Budgeter: Medicaid Growth Hurts Education Funding

Funding for education is falling short because Medicaid is devouring a larger share of state money than it did a few years ago, a top Mississippi budget writer says in ...

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On the Issues: Lee vs. Lumumba

Crime: Lee: Would fire JPD Chief Rebecca Coleman and work on changing the culture of the fire and police departments.

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Jonathan Lee's Top 10 Donors

Lee cut a check for $140,000 to his own PAC "Friends of Jonathan Lee" on March 29, a day after his campaign paid that same amount out to LUC Media ...

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What Is Lumumba’s ‘Jackson Plan’?

For anyone still on the fence over whom to vote for in the Democratic runoff next Tuesday, it's likely that reading through the Jackson Plan will move his or her ...

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Lumumba's Donors

When it finally arrived a week after state law said it was due, Chokwe Lumumba's campaign-finance form revealed that he raised a fraction--20 percent--of the amount first-place finisher Jonathan Lee ...

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Profile: Jonathan Lee

Jonathan Lee may not be a business owner, but he rode his business credentials to becoming the top vote-getter in the city's Democratic mayoral primary.

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Profile: Chokwe Lumumba

Now, Chokwe Lumumba devotes a good deal of time talking about his family's own diverse racial heritage, the camaraderie he experienced among fellow basketballers of all races and nationalities, the ...