Jackson Free Press

Tom Ramsey, owner of La Finestra, has a proposal for an alley-way cafe that needs …

• January 13, 2015

Distributed by Initiative 42 supporters, this hand-out illustrates what the ballot could look like in …

• January 13, 2015

Artwork by Jack Spencer - Courtesy Marcy Fischer Nessel

• January 13, 2015

Courtesy Melissa Tillman

• January 13, 2015

Speaker Philip Gunn, a Clinton Republican, responded to accusations of Republicans buckling to political coercion …

• January 13, 2015

Courtesy Phillip Rollins

• January 13, 2015

Legislature Explodes in Fight Over Public Education

The first big legislative fight of the year exploded in the Mississippi House of Representatives this morning as Democrats attacked a Republican alternative to a statewide ballot initiative that, if …

The Jackson Zoo's Wild Learning program provides free admission and transportation to students from low-income …

• January 13, 2015

West Millsaps Job Fair, JXN Tech on Tap, Wild Learning, Business of the Quarter

The Jackson Zoo recently received a $5,000 contribution from the Entergy Charitable Foundation that will underwrite the cost of admission and transportation to the zoo for students in the zoo's …

Courtesy Judy Bain-Sudduth

• January 13, 2015

Reps. Tom Miles (left) and Michael Evans (right) Photo courtesy Mississippi House of Representatives

• January 13, 2015

MetLife to Challenge 'Too-Big-to-Fail' Tag

MetLife is challenging its U.S. designation as a company that is "too big to fail," a tag given to corporations that the government believes could pose a risk to the …

Obama Sits Down with Leaders of New GOP-Run Congress

The guest list hasn't changed, but President Barack Obama faces a different type of crowd when he meets with congressional leaders on Tuesday.

Israel Buries 4 Jewish Victims of Paris Attack

Thousands of mourners joined Israeli leaders and the families of the four Jewish victims of a Paris terror attack on a kosher supermarket for an emotional funeral procession on Tuesday, …

Police Official: Arms for Paris Attacks Came from Abroad

The weapons used by a terror cell to kill 17 people around Paris came from outside the country and authorities are urgently tracing the source of the financing, a French …

Tom Miles and Michael Evans

Mississippi is the birthplace of William Faulkner, Richard Wright and recent U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey. However, some lawmakers say they want to look beyond the secular literary world and …

Courtesy Diane Williams

• January 12, 2015

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• January 12, 2015

Easely Amused

Easely Amused (115 W. Jackson Street, Suite F, Ridgeland). The art studio offers painting classes and paint parties, and custom paintings by request. Reservations required for classes and parties. Call 601-707-5854; visit easelyamused.com; email [email protected].

Courtesy Lucy S. Goodwin

• January 12, 2015