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[Girl About Town] Of Sushi and Marathons
I don't think of myself as a particularly athletic individual, but a few years ago, I started running—as in a fitness activity, not because someone was chasing me. It even …
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[Girl About Town] Jackson at its Best
My love for Jackson is pretty unbridled all the time, but certain things send it into overdrive. Top among those are the quintessentially Jacksonian events—the times when a diverse group …
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[Kamikaze] Still Racial
So, you're tired of hearing folks talk about race, right? Tired of reading about it? Sick of seeing all the articles and all the pieces on CNN? You could do …
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Mother's Day Playlist
I was going through my mother's closet looking for old pictures, and I found a small dusty shoebox pushed way in the back. Curious to see what my mother stashed …
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The Bedazzler
Like many little girls, I acquired a deep love of sequins, costumes, and song and dance around the age of 3. This love never diminished as I grew older. Thus, …
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Teaching The Truth
Next year, for the first time, Mississippi will require all social-studies teachers to teach the history of civil rights in the state. The requirement will come more than five years …
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Puppy Mills, JATRAN, Power Savings Before Council
The city will restrict roadside animal sales after a 6-to-0 vote in favor of a new ordinance today.
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John R. Kelly
Gov. Haley Barbour appointed John R. Kelly to the Mississippi State Board of Education yesterday. Kelly's term begins July 1, and the state Senate must confirm him. His term expires …
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Gene Young
In the last year of his life, Gene Young was a regular at the Eudora Welty Library. The civil rights activist would bring a briefcase full of newspaper clippings and …
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Legislature Returns; How to Track Bills
As state legislators return to the Capitol tomorrow for the 2011 Legislative session, lawmakers will spend the next 90 days approving diminished funding for state agencies and debating a host …
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Mississippi a CO2 Dump?
Mississippi would become a reservoir for carbon-dioxide storage under Senate Bill 2723 and House Bill 1098--both of which survived their respective Oil, Gas and Other Minerals committees this month.
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The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S sez: Get ready for an entertaining weekend of hoops at the Big House.
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Conference Addresses State Revenue Solutions
Closing corporate tax loopholes, changing income-tax structures and increasing human capital are a few recommendations policy leaders made this morning to improve Mississippi's economic future.
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Bike Trail Boost
The Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership will announce funding for the "Museum to Market" pedestrian and bike trail project in Jackson this afternoon.
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[Column] Invest in the 7 Billion as Human Capital
On Oct. 31, the world's population is projected to reach 7 billion.
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Doctors Oppose Initiative 26
Dr. Paul Seago finds it absurd that if Initiative 26 passes this November, a carcinoma could have the same rights as his teenage daughter.
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Courts to Adopt ‘Fair' Rules for Criminal Cases
A proposed set of rules to govern the state's criminal cases would streamline court proceedings and make cases fair for prosecutors, defendants and victims, Mississippi College School of Law professor …
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JPS Has More Star Schools
Jackson's public school performance for 2011 is a mixed bag of successes and failures, according to new data from Mississippi Department of Education. While five Jackson public schools rate as …
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County Denies Tax Forgiveness for Company
The Hinds County Board of Supervisors denied an electric-tool manufacturing company's request to not pay more than $1 million in property taxes this morning. The company, Milwaukee Tools, claimed it …
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Dunn Lampton
Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens was impressed with Dunn Lampton's drive and intelligence when he hired him to work as his assistant district attorney for Mississippi's 14 Judicial District …
