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State of the City Precedes Budget Talks

For municipal finance wonks, there is no more fun time of year than annual budget negotiations that will result in a city spending plan for the next fiscal year.

Ward 6 Councilman Tyrone Hendrix chairs the Budget Committee and is ready to make some …

• August 5, 2015

Half of Blacks Say Police Have Treated Them Unfairly

A majority of blacks in the United States—more than 3 out of 5—say they or a family member have personal experience with being treated unfairly by the police, and their …

How Local Walking Trails Can be Beneficial

With proper exercise, the freshman 15 can be conquered. Here are a few that are near local campuses.

Parham Bridges Walking Trail is in close proximity to most of the local colleges.

• August 5, 2015

Best of Jackson: Best Outdoor Dining in Jackson, Fondren Edition

The cool thing about Jackson is that it has a lot of great local restaurants. The trendy Fondren neighborhood is packed with outdoor dining options.

Folks crave Guacamole at Babalu Tacos & Tapas. Photo courtesy Babalu Tacos & Tapas

• August 5, 2015

What Does Local Mean?

As a publication, the Jackson Free Press has pushed the idea of shopping local in its almost 13 years of existence. We pride ourselves on being local—shopping local, dining local, …

Jackson is a place with many options for dining, shopping or going out locally. You …

• August 5, 2015

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• August 5, 2015

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• August 5, 2015

Trail of Tears: The Burial of Rexdale Henry

Many members of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians came to Stephens Chapel to honor the life of one of their own, 53-year-old stickball coach and tribal activist Rexdale Wayne …

Rexdale Wayne Henry was buried in the Bogue Chitto community near Philadelphia, Miss., on July …

• August 5, 2015

Challengers Unseat 4 DeSoto County State GOP House Members

Four DeSoto County House Republican incumbents targeted by a pro-school choice group because of opposition to charter schools are among at least nine incumbents who lost party primaries Tuesday.

Mahesh Nayak

After seeing a computer for the first time as a small child in India, Mahesh Nayak realized he had a passion for technology. He begged for his mother, Prema Nayak, …

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• August 5, 2015

'Mystery Guy' Wins Democratic Primary for Governor, Auditor Pickering Holds Off Mayor Mary

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has $2.8 million in his campaign fund, and his Democratic challenger in the November election is a truck driver who reported …

Victor Mason on the night of the Democratic primary for Hinds County sheriff. Aug. 4, …

• August 5, 2015

Threatened Budget Cuts Could Hurt State

Higher education, mental health and human services would suffer large reductions in staff and funding with the 7.8 percent cut Mississippi state agencies are proposing should voters choose to force …

The Unbearable Heaviness of Adulthood

According to The Sentencing Project, black youth are twice as likely to be arrested than white youth, something that affected me even as a minor, and though 58 percent of …