http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/jfp.php/news/ en demonsblaze@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-08-28T00:06:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/suburban_bootleggers_082708/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/suburban_bootleggers_082708/#When:00:06:00Z Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham said a preliminary audit suggests the cities of Madison and Ridgeland have been bootlegging Hinds County’s 800 MHz Motorola digital radio system with the help of a former Hinds County employee.by Adam Lynch August 27, 2008 Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham said a preliminary audit suggests the cities of Madison and Ridgeland have been bootlegging Hinds County’s 800 MHz Motorola digital radio system with the help of a former Hinds County employee. The audit, conducted by Browns Communication of Jackson, also suggests the unauthorized users have passed Hinds County’s system key along to other vendors, who are also using it without Hinds County Board of Supervisors’ approval. 2008-08-28T00:06:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/hurricane_green_082708/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/hurricane_green_082708/#When:20:51:00Z By now, it should be clear who is making the big bucks on Katrina recovery: contractors and consultants. The storm’s victims haven’t fared so well.by Ronni Mott August 28, 2008 By now, it should be clear who is making the big bucks on Katrina recovery: contractors and consultants. The storm’s victims haven’t fared so well. 2008-08-27T20:51:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/hood_drops_barbours_defense_082708/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/hood_drops_barbours_defense_082708/#When:20:48:00Z Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he will not defend Gov. Haley Barbour in a Hinds County Chancery Court case, saying his defense would conflict with other branches of government.by Adam Lynch August 27, 2008 Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood says he will not defend Gov. Haley Barbour in a Hinds County Chancery Court case, saying his defense would conflict with other branches of government. Forty three hospitals have sued Barbour and the Division of Medicaid for injunctive relief, declaring Barbour’s plan to introduce a hospital tax to fill a $90 million Medicaid shortfall unconstitutional. 2008-08-27T20:48:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/melton_im_at_peace_082708/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/melton_im_at_peace_082708/#When:20:47:00Z Mayor Frank Melton praised Jackson’s economic progress and outlined some of the city’s persistent problems in his State of the City address Thursday morning, Aug. 21, at the TelCom Center.by Ward Schaefer August 27, 2008 Mayor Frank Melton praised Jackson’s economic progress and outlined some of the city’s persistent problems in his State of the City address Thursday morning, Aug. 21, at the TelCom Center. 2008-08-27T20:47:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/dish_bob_moser_reclaiming_the_south/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/dish_bob_moser_reclaiming_the_south/#When:20:46:00Z Bob Moser, who has reported for The Nation and Rolling Stone, and served as the editor of the tough Independent Weekly in North Carolina, has written a book on the manner in which the Democratic Party lost the once-solid South.by Adam Lynch August 27, 2008 Bob Moser, who has reported for The Nation and Rolling Stone, and served as the editor of the tough Independent Weekly in North Carolina, has written a book on the manner in which the Democratic Party lost the once-solid South. In “Blue Dixie: Awakening the South’s Democratic Majority” (Times Books, 2008, $25), Moser, a North Carolina native, proposes that the loss was only temporary, and is already tottering on its last legs. 2008-08-27T20:46:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/government_ignores_own_bio_lab_safety_studies_082208/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/government_ignores_own_bio_lab_safety_studies_082208/#When:00:11:01Z by Ronni Mott August 22, 2008 Alert: The government's deadline for comments on the bio-lab facility is Monday, Aug. 25. See below for contact info. The U.S. government has not adequately determined the safety of a proposed bio-defense lab that could land in Madison County if many local supporters get their way. The non-partisan Government Accountability Office warned Congress this summer that it may not be safe to allow the Department of Homeland Security to relocate the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Research Facility—often called just FMD—from an island off the coast of New York to one of six proposed inland locations. One of the possible locations is tiny Flora, Miss. 2008-08-23T00:11:01-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/jpds_high_gas_and_low_morale_082008/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/jpds_high_gas_and_low_morale_082008/#When:03:14:00Z The Jackson Police Department’s 330 patrol vehicles are constantly on the move, requiring engines and components designed for longer idle periods and higher speeds than standard car models.by Adam Lynch August 20, 2008 The Jackson Police Department’s 330 patrol vehicles are constantly on the move, requiring engines and components designed for longer idle periods and higher speeds than standard car models. That power and hardiness, however, takes a toll on fuel efficiency, especially when coupled with $4-a-gallon gas and patrol cars’ typically long road hours. 2008-08-21T03:14:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/gig_rick_klein_never_boring_082008/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/gig_rick_klein_never_boring_082008/#When:00:06:00Z In January 1982, Rick Klein and his wife moved to Jackson, where the Louisville, Ky., native began working as a producer/director at Mississippi Public Broadcasting.by Thomas M. Forrest August 20, 2008 In January 1982, Rick Klein and his wife moved to Jackson, where the Louisville, Ky., native began working as a producer/director at Mississippi Public Broadcasting. 2008-08-21T00:06:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/redefining_pregnancy_082008/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/redefining_pregnancy_082008/#When:00:01:00Z You’re a woman who has been raped, and you’re terrified that your rapist made you pregnant. You ask your doctor for emergency contraception, but she refuses to give it to you; she’s morally opposed to it.by Ronni Mott August 20, 2008 You’re a woman who has been raped, and you’re terrified that your rapist made you pregnant. You ask your doctor for emergency contraception, but she refuses to give it to you; she’s morally opposed to it. 2008-08-21T00:01:00-06:00 http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/recycling_crime_082008/ http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/index.php/site/recycling_crime_082008/#When:23:44:00Z U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has put the clamps on an effort to change a new state law regulating the metal-recycling industry. The law specifically demands scrap buyers keep all scrap purchases on their property for three days, so authorities can check it as potentially stolen merchandise.by Adam Lynch August 20, 2008 U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has put the clamps on an effort to change a new state law regulating the metal-recycling industry. The law specifically demands scrap buyers keep all scrap purchases on their property for three days, so authorities can check it as potentially stolen merchandise. They must keep detailed records of their purchases, as well as information on the individual collectors that deliver the metal. It also requires that recyclers register with the state by Sept. 5. 2008-08-20T23:44:00-06:00