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National
Trump Tweets Mock Video of Him Beating CNN, Sparks Criticism
President Donald Trump crowned his weekend rage against the news media with a mock video that shows him pummeling a man in a business suit—his face obscured by the CNN …
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Health Care
Analysis: Stakes High for Medicaid Changes in Mississippi
More than 700,000 Mississippians receive care from Medicaid, down from a peak of nearly 750,000 in 2015.
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Person of the Day
Leslie Frazier
Leslie Frazier was the 1985 starting cornerback for the Chicago Bears team that won Super Bowl XX.
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Crime
Inmates Graduating and 'Thinking for a Change'
Forty-two men and women from the Hinds County Probation and Parole Office and the Hinds County Restitution Center graduated from the Mississippi Department of Correction's re-vamped recidivism program on June …
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State
Buckle Up, Mississippi: State Tightens Up Its Seat Belt Law
A new law in Mississippi requires everyone in a car, truck or SUV to buckle up.
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LGBT
Germany Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage After Merkel U-Turn
German lawmakers voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage, a move widely supported across the country that brings Germany in line with many of its Western peers.
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Health Care
Trump Urges GOP to Repeal Obama Law Now, Replace Later
President Donald Trump urged divided congressional Republicans on Friday to break their logjam over dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law by "immediately" repealing it and replacing it later, a …
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National
Trump, Putin Face High-Stakes Meeting in Germany Next Week
Meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump's "America First" policy will be put to the test if he opts to confront Russia over intelligence that Moscow meddled …
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Immigration
House GOP Backs Bills to Crack Down on Illegal Immigration
Warning of threats to public safety and national security, the Republican-led House on Thursday approved two bills to crack down on illegal immigration, a key priority for President Donald Trump.
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National
Trump Trashes Media, Cheers Wins at $10 Million Fundraiser
Republican donors paid $35,000 apiece to hear a familiar message from President Donald Trump: The media, particularly CNN, keep trying to take him down, and yet Republicans just keep on …
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Immigration
Limits on Travel to US Issued After Supreme Court Ruling
The Trump administration is putting new criteria in place Thursday for visa applicants from six mostly Muslim nations and all refugees, requiring a close family or business tie to the …
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Cover
Beer Tasting 2017: Mississippi v. Tennessee
Over the last few years, craft beer has becoming a rising trend. Breweries are popping up all over, and southern states haven't been lost on the trend. Instead of doing …
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Music
The Making of Michissippi Mick
From the time that Mick Kolassa was 15 years old, he says blues music has pulled him in like a tractor beam, but it wasn't until a few years ago …
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Civil Rights
'We've Done It Right': Civil Rights, History Museums Offer Peek of What's Ahead
Myrlie Evers-Williams, wife of slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evers, stood before a crowd of 600 people in 2013 for the groundbreaking of two new museums to document Mississippi's history.
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Civil Rights
Mississippi Man Takes Confederate Flag Fight to High Court
A black Mississippi citizen is taking his case against the state's Confederate-themed flag to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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City & County
Jackson, It’s Time to Go to Work
We're excited to see the work, progress, ideas, energy and journey of the Lumumba administration unfold, and we plan to hold them accountable and suggest solutions every step of the …
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Civil Rights
Legal Fight Against HB 1523 Continues
What critics call the nation's "most discriminatory anti-LGBT law" took effect in Mississippi last week after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the lower court's injunction on …
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Business
Shop, Eat and Drink Local This Fourth!
We're deep into our 15th year of publishing as July 4th rolls around, which means we at the Jackson Free Press have being doing something else for a decade and …
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Jacksonian
Jordan Alexis Holley
Jordan Alexis Holley traces what inspired her to get into the culinary world to one meal she had wile visiting friends in France. Her friend made leek soup, and Holley …
