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Mayor Tony Yarber has talked to top Republican leaders, who he says seem most amenable …

• January 7, 2015

Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, doesn’t anticipate that many hot-button issues will be discussed in depth, …

• January 7, 2015

Jarvis Dortch, program manager at the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program, says getting Mississippians insured should …

• January 7, 2015

Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, would like to see the 2016 budget move toward full funding …

• January 7, 2015

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• January 7, 2015

New Ideas

There is no doubt that I love Jackson. But I also love to travel, both because there's so much out there to see in the world, and because having new …

Yacht Rock Revue performed on New Year’s Eve in Atlanta. Let’s bring them to Jackson.

• January 7, 2015

Meant to Be

It happened simply: I saw Neil Maneck for the first time in a Barnes & Noble coffee shop. "Oh he's cute," I said to my friend Catherine Gray, who had …

Sophia Halkias married Neil Maneck at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum Nov. 29, 2014. …

• January 7, 2015

Analysis: Election-Year Politicking Starts

Like a comet that is visible to Earth denizens only once in a while, the quadrennial event of the election-year legislative session has commenced.

Gov. Phil Bryant helps lead the Legislature on issues like education, taxes and corruption in …

• January 7, 2015

Runnin’ the Blues Through the Veins of Jackson

It was only six years ago, in 2008, when John Sewell began working with others to put together a marathon that would celebrate the unique blues culture in Mississippi. This …

Runners participate in the 2014 Mississippi Blues Marathon.

• January 7, 2015

Familiar Faces Join Ward 3 Fray

For the first time in a quarter century, Jackson's Ward 3 city council is not occupied by an individual whose surname is Stokes. In fact, the near-west-side ward seat, a …

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The Ward 3 Jackson City Council race will feature at least three candidates who have …

• January 7, 2015

Mississippi Knocks Federal Clean Air Regs

The Mississippi agency responsible for protecting the state's natural resources is pushing back against a proposed federal clean-power plan designed to reduce climate changing carbon pollution and improve citizens' health.

Mississippi officials say the state would have to shut down all of its existing coal-fired …

• January 7, 2015

French Authorities Seek Three Gunmen In Deadly Attack on Satirical Newspaper

PARIS (AP) — Masked gunmen shouting "Allahu akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical newspaper Wednesday, killing 12 people, including the paper's editor, before escaping in a getaway car. …

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