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City & County
JFP's Biggest Stories
Over the years, the Jackson Free Press has dug in deep on a number of big stories and topics that produced major results for the city and state.
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Domestic Violence
Gov. Bryant, GOP Leaders Call for Lawmaker to Resign After Abuse Charges
Mississippi's governor and two other top Republicans say Republican Rep. Doug McLeod of Lucedale should resign if he punched his wife.
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Politics
Women’s Rights, Safety Again at Issue
Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, knows his anti-abortion "heartbeat" bill likely will not survive the current session of the Mississippi Legislature, but he introduced it anyway.
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Partners For Life
It was lunch time on a Wednesday, and two groups of young adults raced to assemble Spiderman and Diego puzzles without the help of the pictures on the box lids. …
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Senate Takes Step Toward Banning Stalking Software
A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress. The software is popular among jealous wives or husbands …
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Politics
Candidate Questionnaire: Sally Doty
State Sen. Sally Doty is the only current politician in the Republican race to represent District 3 in Congress; she faces a crowded primary on June 5.
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Senate Approves Anti-Violence Against Women Act
By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native American women will have …
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Politics
Tort Reform, Sexual Assault Prevention and Fantasy Sports Bills Move Forward
"Tort reform" rose from the past at the state Capitol last week as lawyers in the House of Representatives battled it out over a short, seemingly inconsequential bill, House Bill …
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Pardon Me? Chickfest Honors Rep. Brandon Jones
When Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour suspended the sentence of convicted domestic murderer Michael Graham last summer, citizens of Pascagoula were outraged. As shocked and furious as his community, freshman Rep. …
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Using Her Voice
Pamela D.C. Junior was 15 years old when a teacher at Jim Hill High School approached her and said, "You need to use this voice of yours." At the time, …
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AG: Barbour ‘Abused' Office With Pardons
Update 8:26 p.m.: Hinds County Circuit Judge Tomie Green has granted Attorney General Hood's injunction, saying, "There is a substantial likelihood of success ..." in the case of Hood's challenges …
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Should a Woman Be Pardoned for Killing Her Abuser?
That's the question the Salon "Broadsheet" (a blog for women—get it?) is asking on the topic of self-defense in domestic violence. The post starts:
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Editor's Note
A New Reality
Pornography—the vehicle by which many boys learn how to be men—has turned women into objects of loathing, abuse and violence.
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Politics
Child Protection, Pro-Women Bills Pass Senate; House Roiled in Race Tension
Human trafficking, domestic-abuse and breastfeeding bills easily passed through the Mississippi Senate last week.
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[Queen] ‘A Place in the World'
"God Almighty created each and every one of us for a place in the world, and for the least of us to think that we were created only to be …
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Crime
Hinds County DA Robert Smith's Criminal Trial Delayed Again Until March
Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith was supposed to be in front of a Rankin County judge this morning to begin the trial for two counts of domestic violence, …
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Chick Ball to Honor Attorney General, Domestic Violence Unit
[Verbatim release] The Jackson Free Press and the JFP Chick Ball organizers and sponsors announce that Attorney General Jim Hood's Domestic Violence Prevention Unit, headed by Assistant Attorney General Heather …
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City & County
JPD Will Not Change Arrest Policy Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
The Jackson Police Department is not making changes to its arrest protocols in the wake of COVID-19, even as other departments across the country are rethinking their own policing strategies …
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Gloria Williamson
A former Democratic state senator from Philadelphia, Miss., Gloria Williamson has devoted countless hours over the last 10 years to improving the status of women in Mississippi.
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Domestic Violence
OPINION: My Abuser Apologized, and I Forgave Him
A few years ago, I wrote a column evaluating my emotions for never receiving an apology or even an acknowledgement from my abuser for basically hurting me and demolishing my …
