Jackson Free Press

Jackson Mayor: City Will Not Tolerate Street Racing

Jackson’s mayor says the city will not tolerate drag racing and other types of reckless driving that draws crowds to watch.

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba says is prepared to take the COVID-19 vaccine in public to …

• January 20, 2021

Mayor Lumumba Plans Public COVID-19 Vaccination to Encourage Participation

More City of Jackson leaders taking the COVID-19 vaccine when available may increase African Americans' participation percentage from a low of about 18%, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said at the …

Mississippi legislators should try again to revise some of the strictest parole laws in the …

• January 20, 2021

Mississippi Could Renew Debate on Revising Tight Parole Laws

Mississippi legislators should try again to revise some of the strictest parole laws in the nation as a way of reducing the state's “dangerously” large prison population, a nonprofit group …

A Mississippi county will put up a marker to remember Black men who were lynched …

• January 20, 2021

Mississippi County to Put Up Marker for Lynching Victims

A Mississippi county will put up a marker to remember Black men who were lynched by white mobs between 1885 and 1935. It will be near a statue that honors …

The Mississippi Development Authority is giving its interim director the job permanently. John Rounsaville earned …

• January 20, 2021

Mississippi Development Authority Chief Gets Job Permanently

The Mississippi Development Authority is giving its interim director the job permanently. John Rounsaville earned his promotion by buoying Mississippi’s economy during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday.

A proposal to increase Mississippi teachers' pay is advancing at the state Capitol. Senate Bill …

• January 20, 2021

Teacher Pay Raise Plan Awaits Mississippi Senate Debate

A proposal to increase Mississippi teachers' pay is advancing at the state Capitol. Senate Bill 2001 passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, six days after it cleared the Education …

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• January 20, 2021

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Nick Judin leaves JFP for Mississippi Free Press; Nate Schumann elevated to Managing Editor. File …

• January 19, 2021

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Big Changes for Jackson Free Press in January 2021

Along with changes on the national level, I've got several changes to report on the local JFP front, effective with this issue.

The City of Jackson plans a pilot program to expand JPD’s Real Time Crime Center. …

• January 19, 2021

OPINION: Making Government Surveillance Great Again in America’s ‘Radical City’

"Virtual policing means that 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, an all-seeing eye will be fixed on Jackson's majority poor and working-class residents."

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• January 19, 2021