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Senators Reject Change to Mississippi School Funding Formula

Mississippi lawmakers are rejecting an attempt to rewrite the state's public school funding formula.

Pro-Gun Georgia Lawmakers Deny Delta Tax Break for Breaking with NRA

Pro-gun Georgia lawmakers scored a political victory Thursday over Delta Air Lines, making good on Republican threats to deny the company a hefty tax break after it cut ties with …

UPDATED: Senate Takes Up New Ed Funding Formula Proposal Today

The push to re-write the State's education-funding formula, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, is in the Senate waiting on a full vote.

Number of JPD Officer-Involved Shootings Keeps Growing

With two deadly officer-involved shootings in the first two months of 2018, public scrutiny has grown over the Jackson Police Department's use-of-force policy and its decision to withhold officers' names …

Trump to Impose Tariffs on Imports of Steel and Aluminum

Determined to protect vital American industries, President Donald Trump declared Thursday that he will impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, dramatically raising the possibility of a trade showdown with …

Kroger Joins Other Big Retailers, Tightens Gun Restrictions

Kroger will no longer sell guns to anyone under 21 at the stores it owns, becoming the third major retailer this week to put restrictions in place that are stronger …

Blair Schaefer

Senior guard Blair Schaefer, daughter of MSU head coach Vic Schaefer, is one of the three finalists for the award, which is the top women's basketball player in our state …

Putin Boasts of New Russian Nuclear Weapons

Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can't be intercepted, President Vladimir Putin declared Thursday, claiming a technological breakthrough that could dramatically increase Russia's military capability, …

Russia has tested an array of new strategic nuclear weapons that can't be intercepted, President …

• March 1, 2018

Mississippi 'Go Cup' Bill Heads to Governor's Desk

The Mississippi Legislature is passing an expansion of the year-old "go cup" law. The House Wednesday gave final approval to Senate Bill 2588 , by a vote of 88-28, sending …

Beyond Stigma: Helping the Jacksonians Others Reject

Opening in 1987, the Sandifer House on Jefferson Street offered men and women living with AIDS respite from the continuing stigma of being HIV-positive in the early years of the …

OPINION: Police Violence is Not Déjà Vu

In Jackson, police violence is not deja vu; it is real and systemic.

David Kennedy, a John Jay College criminal-justice professor and director of the National Network for …

• February 28, 2018

EDITORIAL: JPD, Identify Cops Who Shoot Civilians

Mayor Lumumba's order does not address the glaring need for JPD to release names of officers who use excessive and/or fatal force on civilians—the progressive needle does not move without …

Manafort Pleads Not Guilty, Gets September Trial Date

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort maintained his innocence on Wednesday to new charges he acted as an unregistered foreign agent and directed an international money-laundering conspiracy.

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort maintained his innocence on Wednesday to new …

• February 28, 2018

OPINION: Wakanda Forever

"Black Panther" is a depiction of the Africa that our ancestors knew could exist. Its portrayal of royalty and tradition is what we come from. It's in our DNA. It's …

Dick's Ends Sales of Assault-Style Rifles in Stores

Dick's Sporting Goods will immediately halt sales of assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines at all of its stores and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21.

Dick's Sporting Goods will immediately halt sales of assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines at all …

• February 28, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: Move On from ‘Antiquated and Useless’ Gang Bill

A very bad "gang bill" has died in the Legislature for the second year in a row. This death occurred after the Senate passed the bill to criminalize gang association …