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Starting in March, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will begin providing regular supervision to student-loan …

• December 5, 2013

Sally Palmer Thomason speaks about her book and she was one the guest panelists at …

• August 22, 2016

Tomie Green, Senior Circuit Court Judge and Mike Morgan hug after Morgan's swearing in as …

• December 30, 2015

Dr. Gray, the superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, said the state's second largest school district …

• August 20, 2015

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday to face charges involving …

• May 24, 2018

Interim Jackson Police Chief Anthony Moore (pictured) said officer Vincent Lampkin was fired after an …

• May 31, 2018

Quinnetta Manning and her husband, Khadafy, were one two of 10 plaintiffs in a federal …

• October 8, 2019

Mike Espy gave the Jackson Free Press a tour of his work office in 2018, …

• November 12, 2019

Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, consults with a fellow legislator before the swearing in of statewide …

• February 15, 2012

All but one commissioner met Wednesday, Nov. 8, to discuss how the “Better Together Coalition” …

• November 15, 2017

In Ellisville, in the heart of the "Free State of Jones," the memorial is ornate …

• May 22, 2017

Government was the top employer in Mississippi in both 2006 and 2015, accounting for about …

• May 1, 2017

The words “spiritual genocide” in black spray paint, along with red handprints, stained the sides …

• June 1, 2020

A tight-fitting mask is imperative to ensure that aerosols don’t get in or out of …

• February 11, 2021

Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s team wants a judge to rule on the misdemeanor charge …

• October 11, 2016

Hoodwinked! Tort Reform's Political Saga in Mississippi

How "tort reform" succeeded in Mississippi—a mixture of political finger-pointing, scare tactics and one-sided reporting about "jackpot justice."

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• February 11, 2019

...To Make a Thing Go Right

I often give talks about journalism and my crazy journey that began when I left the state the day after graduating from Mississippi State, and vowing never, ever to return. …

Radio JFP to Discuss Melton Interview Noon Friday

Here's a double whammy for y'all. Mayor Frank Melton is slated to appear on Ben Allen's WJNT radio show Friday morning. Then, at noon, the JFP will discuss is comments …

"Grant Advances on Jackson," a silver key winner, is one of many works by Mississippi …

• March 13, 2009

While on the Jackson City Council, Chokwe Lumumba helped pass an anti-racial-profiling ordinance. He often …

• March 5, 2014