by Adam Lynch
November 5, 2009
After a days-long stand off, U.S. Senate Republicans agreed to unanimously support extending unemployment and homebuyers' credits yesterday.
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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 ...
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by Adam Lynch
November 3, 2009
The Jackson City Council voted 5-to-2 this morning to name the city library on Northside Drive after former Jackson Advocate Publisher Charles Tisdale, who died at age 80 in 2007. The council voted along racial ...
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Verbatim from Gov. Barbour's office this morning:
Jackson, Mississippi – Governor Haley Barbour today announced the appointment of S. Malcolm O. Harrison, of Jackson, as Circuit Court Judge for the Seventh Judicial District, Sub-district 4, ...
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by Ward Schaefer
October 22, 2009
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee used his address at Salvation Army's annual dinner in Jackson last night to criticize the role of government in assisting in ...
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by Adam Lynch
October 21, 2009
The Jackson City Council confirmed Police Chief Rebecca Coleman and Fire Chief Raymond McNulty after a brief hearing yesterday. Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes was not available for the hearing, and could not be ...
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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 ...
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by Adam Lynch
October 20, 2009
The Jackson City Council and Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. got off on the wrong foot at the Monday work session after Ward 1 Councilman Jeff Weill inquired whether the city administration was spending a portion of a ...
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by Adam Lynch
October 8, 2009
Both U.S. senators from Mississippi—Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker—voted against an amendment by Minnesota Sen. Al Franken halting government funding for defense contractors who deny assault victims their day in court. ...
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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 ...
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by Adam Lynch
October 7, 2009
Blane McClellan, co-owner of Security Services Inc. of Jackson, says he wants a public option in the national health-care plan to compete with insurance companies that routinely refuse to cover his daughter due to her ...
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by Adam Lynch
September 30, 2009
It's political deja vu all over again. In his new role as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, Gov. Haley Barbour is playing a key role nationally again—strategizing about how to beat Democrats in ...
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JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ronni M: Bubba, like most things, it's only unimportant if it has no affect on *your* life. If you were an African American, I expect you'd feel differently about your home-town media ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 05:27 PM
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ironghost: I think you were the one I pointed out asking about the divisiveness of the issue. I'd have to go back and make sure I attributed it right. It was before I made Chili, so...
Nov 06, 2009 | 05:08 PM
JFP People of the Day: Barbara Taylor and Jerry Mosley
L.W.: That's great! Maybe I will see them at the walk tomorrow. I'm so glad that people are opening up more and more about mental health issues. It's about time! By the ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 04:57 PM
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Queen601: No idea why I'm biting on this, but Ironghost, I'd love to know which one of those categories you've placed me in....I'd choose to think neither, since I'm not a usual player here. I ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 04:37 PM
New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant
thabian: They do...
Nov 06, 2009 | 03:29 PM
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
BubbaT: Brian- I just did a quick count, but they aren't far off. Wasn't trying to be scientific, just a rough count. Not that it matters anyway. I think the whole discussion is ridiculous. I ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 02:42 PM
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Brian C Johnson: Bubba, if were to apply the same measure to this issue of the JFP that the index applied to VIP, the first black face appears on page 1, if we count the cover, page 2 if we ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 02:13 PM
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
golden eagle: I'm a little late on this, but I found some numbers on the percentages of black in the metro area. This is as of 2000, but Hinds County was 61.1% black, Madison at 37.5% and Rankin ...
Nov 06, 2009 | 02:00 PM
New Look, New Name for Downtown Restaurant
Deirdra Harris Glover: Does anyone know offhand if Suniora's takes plastic?
Nov 06, 2009 | 01:10 PM
JFP INDEX: VIP White Jackson
Ironghost: