Barbour Calls for ‘Conservative Spending’ Due to Crisis

Gov. Haley Barbour wants Mississippi to trim its budget in respond to the financial crisis.
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[Verbatim statement] (JACKSON, Mississippi)— Governor Haley Barbour asked legislators and state agency directors to find ways to cut spending this year and in Fiscal Year 2010 as a result of lower tax collections during the current economic crisis. “Just as Mississippi families and businesses are revising their budgets and looking for ways to save money, we in state government must tighten our ...
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Screw Friendship Bracelets

by Hope Owens-Wilson
October 8, 2008

It’s hard to believe that the Media Literacy Project came from a day at the zoo. The Civil Rights Civil Liberties Club, a Jim Hill High School-based group, held a retreat for its members at the Jackson Zoo in read more »

Media Literacy Project: Editors Speak Up
With the conclusion of the research from the Media Literacy Project, editors from the Jackson Advocate, Northside Sun, and Madison County Journal respond.

Media Literacy Project: ‘Yes, We Can’
Hearts racing and full of energy, 15 Jim Hill students yelled at two teachers, and the teachers yelled at the students. But no one received detention in Room 213.

Media Literacy Project: The Mouth Of Babes
“Idle hands are the tools of the devil.” At least, that’s what city officials like Mayor Frank Melton and Ward 3 City Councilman Kenneth Stokes seem to think about Jackson youth.

Media Literacy Project: Intentional Bias
Earlier this year, in a span of less than two weeks, two tragedies rocked the communities of Jackson, Madison and Canton.

Media Literacy Project: Now What?
After months of planning and research, along with three hour-long interviews with editors from the Northside Sun, The Jackson Advocate and the Madison County Journal, The Jackson Media Literacy Project associates have compiled a list of suggestions for the local papers and the community they serve.

[Editor’s Note] Lessons Learned
I remember walking through the door of David Molina’s office in May, confidently strolling up to his desk and handing him a packet of papers that read “Jackson Media Literacy Project” across the front.

Keeping The Gloves Off
In their first and only debate, Senate candidates Roger Wicker and Ronnie Musgrove maintained in person the negative tone that has characterized much of the advertising for both of their campaigns.