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[City/County]

JFP Person of the Day: Melody Moody


by Holly Perkins
August 5, 2010

Melody Moody's passion to make Mississippi more bike friendly is contagious. As the new executive director of Bike Walk Mississippi, the 29-year-old has big plans for Jackson and the state to adopt more accessible means of transportation.  
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Mississippi Receives Additional Broadband Funds


August 5, 2010
Read a list of broadband project descriptions

United States Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced yesterday the allocation of federal funds to expand broadband access for rural communities.
 
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[Barbour] [State]

State Slow to Spend STEPS Hiring Funds


by Adam Lynch
August 4, 2010

Philadelphia, Miss., business owner William Hegman says the Workforce Investment Network of Mississippi is not properly monitoring its spending of $52 million in federal job placement money.

 
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[State]

Obesity Rates Continue To Rise


August 4, 2010

Nine states, including Mississippi, now have an obesity rate of 30 percent or more, according to a Centers For Disease Control report released yesterday.

 
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[City/County] [State]

Tea Party Says AG Soft on ‘Illegals’


by Adam Lynch
August 3, 2010

At an immigration forum in Madison last night, state Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, attacked Attorney General Jim Hood for what she considers his unwillingness to enforce new state legislation that makes it illegal to employ undocumented residents.

 
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[business] [City/County]

Business Training, Health Care and Fine Art


by Ward Schaefer
August 3, 2010

Current and aspiring business owners have a number of training opportunities in the next week. On Thursday, Aug. 5, the Small Business Development Center at Jackson State University hosts a seminar on small business grants and loans. The workshop, at…
 
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[City/County] [music]

JFP Person of the Day: Alex Thomas


by Lacey McLaughlin
August 3, 2010

Alex Thomas is proud of Mississippi's musical heritage. As the Mississippi Development Authority's music program development manager, he gets to celebrate the state's history by developing the Mississippi Blues Trail.

 
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Tonight is National Night Out


August 3, 2010

Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. will join the community for tonight's National Night Out, an annual event designed to heighten drug- and crime-prevention awareness and strengthen communities.
 
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[Issues] [State]

Lawmakers to Mirror Arizona Immigration Law


by Adam Lynch
August 2, 2010
See also: Immigration: Myth v. Reality

The opening speaker for tonight's town hall forum in Madison, where public officials will propose introducing a bill in the state's next legislative session similar to a controversial Arizona law, says…
 
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[City/County]

Slow Progress on Hinds Emergency Sirens


by Ward Schaefer
August 2, 2010
Read the county's siren report

Hinds County's efforts to revamp its emergency warning system are progressing slowly. At a Board of Supervisors meeting today, Supervisor Phil Fisher presented a report showing that 27 of the county's 57 warning…
 
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