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Students formerly had to pass exams in history, English, algebra and biology to graduate. Now, …

• August 20, 2019

Mississippi Heritage Trust's 20th-annual auction will include art pieces from 10 Mississippi artists, each of …

• October 23, 2019

Scott Crawford rebuilt Jackson...in Legos. This picture shows only about one-fourth of the scaled city. …

• December 7, 2011

One Destination, Two Routes

How can we fix the problem? Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is using a lawsuit to try to recover funds owed by the state while Better Schools Better Jobs is attempting to amend the constitution through a ballot initiative.

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• November 19, 2014

One in five households in the United States, or about 51 million adults have only …

• May 24, 2013

One of the rights people with HIV/AIDS are often denied is housing. Grace House operates …

• June 7, 2013

The Republican chairman of the Senate health committee, Tennessee's Lamar Alexander, proposed bipartisan legislation extending …

• August 1, 2017

Millsaps College posted to its website yesterday, Jan. 4, that it is delaying the start …

• January 5, 2018

As of noon, the City reported 129 confirmed breaks. Seventy-one had been completed, 19 repairs …

• January 11, 2018

Michael Guest of Brandon, a district attorney, entered the race Jan. 5, one day after …

• January 17, 2018

For more than a century, one of Mississippi's largest and most elaborate Confederate monuments has …

• August 9, 2021

Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration voted in favor of booster shots for …

• October 21, 2021

Mississippi Heritage Trust named the Jackson Zoo as one of its 2021 10 most endangered …

• November 11, 2021

One of the bill’s sponsors, Democratic Rep. Zakiya Summers of Jackson, said Wednesday that she …

• April 1, 2021

The report was released the day after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill that …

• April 26, 2021

Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler on Tuesday challenged the petition process that put one of …

• October 27, 2020

Mississippi legislators voted in 2018 to create a state lottery as a way to generate …

• March 3, 2020

[Kamikaze] The New Racism

You guys should know me by now. I'm that radical, angry rapper-guy who seems to have an opinion on everything. The guy who likes to stir it up, make you …

Playing The Draft Card

Young People Fear a Call-Up. Should They?

On the evening of Oct. 5—after the Red Sox beat the Angels in the first game of the playoffs, and before the evening debate between Vice President Richard Cheney and …

Guns for Safety?

Also see: JFP Crime Blog

It so happens that in the past few weeks, a number of people with ties to the Jackson Free Press—staff and former staff—have encountered the same piece of advice from …