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National
Trump Suggests He and Governors Would've Rushed Florida School
President Donald Trump told the nation's governors on Monday that he would have rushed in unarmed to aid students and teachers during the deadly mass shooting at a Florida high …
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City & County
Open Containers, Bike Shares, Guns and Angie Thomas on City Hall Agenda
Renaming streets, voting on Ward 7 Councilwoman Virgi Lindsay's open-container ordinance, bringing a bike share to Jackson, approving a new roof at the zoo and other issues will take the …
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City & County
'One Lake' Bond Bill Passes House By Slim Margin After Questions
Proponents of the "One Lake" project along the Pearl River through Jackson got a financial boost when the Mississippi House of Representatives passed a nearly $100-million bond and loan measure …
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Civil Rights
OPINION: America, How Many More Innocent Souls Must Die?
We all have a great light beaming on the inside of us, but how are we using our influence to ensure we teach love to one another?
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Immigration
Supreme Court Declines to Take Up 'Dreamers' Case for Now
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's highly unusual bid to bypass a federals appeals court and get the justices to intervene in the fate of a program …
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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National
US Companies Distance Themselves from NRA as Pressure Mounts
U.S. companies are taking a closer look at investments, co-branding deals and other ties to the gun industry and its public face, the National Rifle Association, after the latest school …
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Sports
Eagles Player Credits Mississippi Roots for Football Career
Super Bowl champion Fletcher Cox says he credits his Mississippi upbringing and schooling for his successful football career.
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National
Hood Joins Net Neutrality Fight
Attorney General Jim Hood will challenge the Federal Communications Commission's decision earlier this year to repeal net neutrality regulations.
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National
Ex-Trump Campaign Aide Agrees to Guilty Plea in Russia Probe
A former top adviser to President Donald Trump's campaign is scheduled to plead guilty on Friday in the special counsel's Russia investigation to federal conspiracy and false statements charges.
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Education
MUW Cystic Fibrosis Grant, UMMC HIV Testing Center and Millsaps International Perspectives Program
On Feb. 16 and 17, Millsaps College hosted a campus-wide climate change conference as part of its new International Perspectives Program.
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Person of the Day
Malaika Quarterman
Jackson Public Schools named Malaika Quarterman, a performing arts teacher at Power Academic & Performing Arts Complex in Belhaven, as Teacher of the Year on Jan. 29.
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Civil Rights
Activist John Lewis Honored Decades After Civil Rights Arrest
The first time John Lewis traveled to Mississippi in 1961, he was arrested and jailed with other Freedom Riders, black and white, who challenged segregation in a bus station.
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State
Mississippi Gives Tax Break to Hotel Tied to Trump Company
Mississippi has granted a tax break worth just over $6 million to a hotel developer affiliated with the Trump Organization.
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Politics
Equal Pay Amendment 'Harmful' to Mississippi Workers, Advocates Say
Equal-pay advocates say that an amendment the Mississippi House of Representatives passed to guarantee that women are paid as much as men is actually harmful because it exempts many employees …
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Person of the Day
Luke Reynolds
The start of the 2018 college baseball season was a long wait for Luke Reynolds. The current University of Southern Mississippi third-baseman hadn't played in a college game in two …
