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by Ward Schaefer
November 4, 2009
On his county-provided laptop, Phil Fisher has replaced the standard mouse icon with a sword. A former Marine and a current brigadier general in the Mississippi Army National Guard, Fisher has a bit of the warrior in him, and his…
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by Adam Lynch
October 28, 2009
David Irving is guaranteed to cause a rumble wherever he goes—as he did in Jackson earlier this month after white supremacist Richard Barrett promoted his Oct. 21 presentation at City Hall. 1 read more »
by Adam Lynch
October 21, 2009
The ACLU of Mississippi says the Copiah County School District was wrong not to allow a lesbian student to place a yearbook photo.
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by Adam Lynch
October 21, 2009
Legislators say the chances of the Mississippi Legislature approving funding to build levees in Jackson and surrounding counties are slim, especially since it has taken so long to reach consensus on how to mitigate flooding along the Pearl River.
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by Adam Lynch
October 14, 2009
The Mississippi Democratic Party called on Gov. Haley Barbour last week to speak openly about allegations that former U.S Rep. Chip Pickering laundered a $5,000 donation from his political action committee through Barbour's political action committee. Dems say Pickering, a…
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by Adam Lynch
October 14, 2009
News regarding health-care reform hovers incessantly around either defending or attacking of the so-called public insurance option, a section of H.R. 3200 that provides a government-funded insurance option for customers who choose not to buy insurance from the private sector.…
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by Adam Lynch
October 7, 2009
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth was electrocuted in his shower stall in Iraq in January 2008. Army documents showed that KBR Engineering and Construction had inspected the building and found serious electrical problems 11 months before Maseth's death. However,…
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by Adam Lynch
October 7, 2009
Jackson insurance agent Hank Aiken warns that some home-owner insurance policies could triple in price if the Federal Emergency Management Agency changes local flood maps without the benefit of a final flood-control plan for the Pearl River. The Pearl experienced…
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by Adam Lynch
October 7, 2009
A Former Forest Hill High School band director and a local Jackson attorney say that high-school students know what they're getting into when they try out for the Jackson State University marching band, the Sonic Boom of the South—and that…
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by Ronni Mott
October 7, 2009
Awareness has a huge role in making Mississippi—and the U.S.—a safer place for women. Created in 2006, the Attorney General's Office Domestic Violence Division, headed by Heather Wagner, works with the entire judicial system, from police to court clerks to…
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 by Adam Lynch
November 6, 2009
Members of the Southeastern Christian Association, Operation Help Civil Rights Group, and Mothers of Inmates protested outside Mississippi Department of Corrections headquarters on President Street in Jackson today, lobbying for fair treatment of sons and husbands who are inmates in…
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 by Ward Schaefer
November 4, 2009
On the evening of Oct. 27, the mayor of McComb, Miss., was in the city's board room, arguing with his city attorney about fractions. The mayor, Zach Patterson, wanted to block a vote to fire the city's accountant. The accountant…
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Nov 06, 2009JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
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