City & County
Patching Potholes: A Metaphor for Jackson
Running a city for a four-year (or sometimes shorter) term is an admittedly daunting task, with the transfer of political strategies, staff and power.
Health Care
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Will Vote'
The odds of the Senate voting on health-care legislation are slim at this point.
City & County
‘Great for Grove Park’
A couple of weeks ago, I watched in amazement during an acrimonious Jackson City Council debate regarding a proposed partnership with the Mississippi Roadmap to Health Equity & Urban League …
Health Care
Trump Tweets Health Bill 'Will Get Even Better' at Lunch
President Donald Trump on Wednesday stepped up the pressure on reluctant Republicans to erase much of Barack Obama's health care law, tweeting, "They MUST keep their promise to America" and …
National
Trump to Nominate Jon Huntsman as US Ambassador to Russia
President Donald Trump announced his intention Tuesday to nominate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to Russia.
Health Care
Navigating Mississippi’s Opioid Epidemic
Marsha Stone made it out of college, but not without a drug and alcohol addiction she could not shake. She found herself at the age of 24 with three children …
City & County
Ward 7 Gets a Pothole Demo
Jack Wilson Sr. kneeled on the pothole-dotted asphalt road with a hammer in his hand the afternoon of July 14. The determined 81-year-old man wore a light blue polo shirt …
chickball
The Future of the JFP Chick Ball
First, I'll share the sad news in case you haven't heard. We have reluctantly decided to postpone the JFP Chick Ball again this year, as we did in 2016, and …
Jacksonian
Dorcus Thigpen
Mississippi Mass Choir Director Dorcus Thigpen says the only meeting of the musical group she has ever missed in the nearly 30 years since its founding was the first one—and …
Civil Rights
The Right to Pre-Trial Justice for All?
Scott County law enforcement officers arrested Joshua Bassett on Jan. 3, 2014, under a warrant for grand larceny and possession of meth. Bassett could not know then that he would …
National
APNewsBreak: US Restoring Asset Seizures, With Safeguards
The Trump administration will soon restore the ability of police to seize suspects' money and property with federal help, but The Associated Press has learned the policy will come with …
National
Trump Lets Iran Deal Live, but Signals He May Not for Long
Having accused Iran of flouting the nuclear deal, President Donald Trump was inclined to tell Congress that Tehran was violating it. His national security aides talked him out of it, …
Health Care
'Let Obamacare Fail,' Trump Says After GOP Plan Collapses
President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it's time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest GOP health care plan crashed and burned in the Senate, a stunning failure for the president, …
Crime
Mississippi Prison Consultant Will Plead Guilty to Kickbacks
The wife of a former Mississippi lawmaker says she wants to plead guilty to paying kickbacks to the state's former corrections commissioner.
Education
Three Charter Schools Advance to Final Evaluation Step
Three charter schools advanced to the final stage of the application process this month, and now an independent four-person evaluation team will review the full proposals from three groups looking …
