Jackson Free Press

Analysis: Education Focus Shifts to Implementation

If 2013 was the education session for Mississippi's Legislature, it will be followed by the implementation season.

Dem, GOP Senators Reach Background Check Deal

Two senators have struck a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more firearms purchases.

Employers Eager for New Foreign Worker Program

As desperate as unemployed Americans are to find work, there are still some jobs that many would never consider applying for because they are seen as too dirty, too demanding …

Alert to Congress: Nuclear Evacuation May Bog Down

A new government report challenges a pillar of planning for disasters at American nuclear power plants.

Reporter's Sources Subject of Colo. Court Hearing

A Colorado judge has ordered New York-based Fox News reporter Jana Winter to attend a hearing Wednesday as part of theater shooting suspect James Holmes' attempt to identify her confidential …

Obama Sends Congress $3.8 Trillion Spending Plan

President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint that seeks to achieve an elusive "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits by raising taxes further on the wealthy …

Tentative Farm Workers Deal in Immigration Talks

A tentative deal has been reached between agriculture workers and growers, a key senator said Tuesday, smoothing the way for a landmark immigration bill to be released within a week.

Coroner: Man Shot Self Twice After Killing Officer

The murder suspect who killed a detective at police headquarters in Mississippi's capital city last week shot himself twice in the head after shooting the officer four times, the coroner …

Miss. Set to Add Terrorism to Death Penalty Law

Mississippi is set to add terrorism to the list of crimes that could lead to the death penalty, if a victim is killed.

Epps Says Do Best He Can to Operate MDOC

The Mississippi Department of Corrections may delay some renovation projects and counties may not get paid for housing some parole and probation violators until MDOC can transport them back to …

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Impermanent Art

The High Note Jam Series is the musical lovechild of two anchor arts organizations in downtown Jackson, namely the Greater Jackson Arts Council and the Mississippi Museum of Art.

Hunting and Gathering

Last week, I had a young documentary crew called subSIPPI in my office asking me questions about whether Mississippi has changed.

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Valerie Blakey

What initially started out as a year-long high-school project for Valerie Blakey turned into a promising career in the film industry.

Creative, Historic Space

Take a couple of enthusiastic young Jackson entrepreneurs and put them together with an established urban-development company and what do you get? Well, you might get some fabulous low-cost housing …

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Curbing Murder in the Capital City

During "Operation Bunny Hop," Jackson police teamed up with the Hinds County Sheriff's Department, the U.S. Marshals Taskforce and a narcotics unit and made 226 arrests in a three-day span …

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You & JFP

Favorite quote: "It's not what you do that kills you, it's what you don't do that kills you."

Question o' the Week: What is the most powerful film you’ve ever seen?

What is the most powerful film you’ve ever seen?

Remembering Eric Smith

Eric T. Smith was always busy. He was a husband, a father and a man who cared about his neighbors.

Post Office Backpedals on Eliminating Saturday Delivery

The financially beleaguered Postal Service conceded Wednesday that its gamble to compel congressional approval had failed.

Gung Ho on Guns

By some measures, guns did not have a good year in the Mississippi Legislature.