Find Your Voice: Vote in the Runoff
Jackson is a city of around 100,000 registered voters, and roughly 30,000 voted in the primaries on May 7.
Jackson: Stop the Scorched-Earth Politics
Jackson city elections are not our city at its best. Inevitably, one or more candidates wage scorched-earth campaigns that make our city look like a hellhole.
Doing Our Job
In the middle of crazy campaign coverage over the last week, we saw this quote posted on Facebook: "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else ...
Kemper Shareholders Should Share Pain
MPC's 582-megatwatt Kemper IGCC coal-fired power plant is now more than 80 percent complete. Since January, Southern's stock price has risen steadily from just above $42 in January to around ...
The Future of Newspapers
The program at Millsaps College April 15 was "The Future of Newspapers: The Clarion-Ledger's Pulitzer Prize 30 Years Later." The question: Can newspapers still convey big ideas?
Begin a New Day
It's been a rough couple of weeks for Jackson, with two highly regarded local men meeting untimely deaths.
JPS’ Cedrick Gray Deserves Fairness
A few months ago, The Clarion-Ledger ran a splashy Sunday A1 story about alleged financial mismanagement at the school district Jackson Public Schools Superintendent Cedrick Gray formerly managed.
Show Us That Clinton is Better for DOR
The Department of Finance and Administration has finally made its long-awaited recommendation for a new permanent home for the Department of Revenue, which is now housed in a Quonset hut ...
The Two-Way Street of Democracy
Transparency in government is a big and often slippery subject that most media outlets only look at from the 10,000-foot national level.
Voters Were Not Confused
In November 2011, 58 percent of Mississippi voters made their voices unequivocally heard when they said "No" to Initiative 26.
Invest in People, and Biz Will Come
Mississippi can't seem to stop wagging the dog when it comes to creating an inviting business climate.
Be Careful What You Give Away
Mississippi legislators are making shortsighted deals that will affect the state's citizens for a long time to come.
Let's Debate Expansion
Despite Gov. Phil Bryant's stubborn and vocal opposition to the plan, the question of Medicaid expansion seemed headed for a few rounds of spirited debate in the Mississippi Legislature.
If He Can't Serve, Anderson Should Go
On Monday, Pope Benedict XVI shocked Roman Catholics around the world by announcing his retirement at the end of February.
The Secrecy Must Stop
We heard a lot about sunshine during the 2011 legislative session. Mainly, it was in the context of a proposal Republicans were pushing to ostensibly to boost transparency in the ...
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See the latest 100apathy The old paradigm of stodgy white men vs Black people is over and has been over. The paradigm now is ...
May 20, 9:51 p.m. on Low Turnout, Race Determined Runoff Candidates
Knowledge06 On Friday, the clarion ledger immediately posted the results of the WAPT poll as part of the banner heading on ...
May 20, 9:39 p.m. on WAPT Poll Shows Lee's Lead Over Lumumba Down Dramatically
justjess @myself (JUSTJESS) "POP HOLES & CHECKING RESIDENT TATUS" Good grief, the correction is "STATUS" It is past time to get ...
May 20, 8:33 p.m. on On the Issues: Lee vs. Lumumba
JLucas Ugh here we go again. i will be so glad when this stupid election is over.
May 20, 7:58 p.m. on Campaign Trickery: Lumumba a 'Race Traitor,' Lee a 'Rankin Republican'?
Knowledge06 Donna, it's on WAPT's website. Interesting details inside the numbers also.
May 20, 6:27 p.m. on Campaign Trickery: Lumumba a 'Race Traitor,' Lee a 'Rankin Republican'?
Campaign Trickery: Lumumba a 'Race Traitor,' Lee a 'Rankin Republican'?
By Donna Ladd