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Everyday Struggles
What we have one day, we may not have the next, so we need to appreciate everything.
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Editor's Note
Notes from the Fishbowl
Waking up to our biases is like popping the red pill—suddenly, the matrix is everywhere.
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Music
Amy LaVere: Mixing It Up in Memphis
You can hear where Amy LaVere is coming from, but it never limits where she goes with her music.
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Slim Pickings on First Day of Miss. Shrimp Season
Some of the shrimpers who set out at dawn Tuesday with high hopes for a huge catch came in hours later with just enough of the spiny crustaceans for a …
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MSGOP Issues Anti-Obamacare Resolution
By R.L. NaveIn a unanimous and completely unsurprising move, the Mississippi Republican Central Committee rejected the federal Affordable Care Act, which Congress passed three years ago.
The state GOP said it was supporting the positions of the state's Three Tops--Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Speaker Philip Gunn--in resisting the implementation of the ACA as well as the expansion of Medicaid.
“Our party is unified and supports the prudent and careful approach advocated by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Speaker. At a time when we learn more every day about improper government intrusion into the lives of ordinary citizens, it defies logic to embrace an expansion of that intrusion,” MSGOP Chairman Joe Nosef said through a press release.
Of course, Obamacare is being implemented anyway. Last summer's U.S. Supreme Court decision assured that the ACA, including its controversial individual mandate provision, would be the law of the land even if it lets states opt out Medicaid expansions, which the architects of the law hoped would pay for a big chunk.
Nosef is right on one point, though: Mississippi Republicans have been unified in saying they reject Obamacare.
Emphasis on saying.
Most Mississippi state Republicans have stated their opposition to the federal health law, but there is evidence that the party's armor is starting to chink, most notably Sen. Billy Hudson, R-Hattiesburg's recent coming out in favor of expanding Medicaid.
Meanwhile, Republican congressmen are quietly soliciting Obamacare funds for a Rankin County health clinic.
There'll be more about that in tomorrow's paper.
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Biz Roundup
The Apothecary, Grant Awards and Encore Entrepreneurs
This past weekend, Brad Reeves, owner of Brent's Drugs, opened The Apothecary, a 1,000-square-foot "speakeasy" lounge inside the circa-1946 soda fountain.
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Anti-Drug Initiative Loses Funding
Washington County has lost funding for its community anti-drug program that has operated for 25 years.
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Economy
Gas Prices Stay Low in Mississippi
The price of oil is up, year-to-date, around the country, but somehow Mississippi keeps beating the heat of rising gas prices.
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Health Care
Immigrants Contribute More To Medicare Than They Take Out, Study Finds
As Congress mulls changing America's border and naturalization rules, a study finds that immigrant workers are helping buttress Medicare's finances, because they contribute tens of billions a year more than …
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Miss. Methodists Honor Anti-Segregation Ministers
The United Methodist Church in Mississippi has honored 28 white ministers who took a stand against segregation half a century ago.
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Analysis: Miss. Campaign Spending Hard to Track
If you want to know who's spending money to influence voters in Mississippi, you may have a hard time getting a complete picture.
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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
Five Ways Congress is Trying to Curb Rape in the Military
When the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the U.S. military's sexual assault crisis, lawmakers grilled Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine officials on the alarmingly high number …
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Saturday, the Capital City Roller Girls Roller Derby Game is at 6:30 p.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart.
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DuPree Wins by 37 Votes in Hattiesburg Mayoral Race
After affidavit ballots were counted Thursday, Dupree had 4,775 votes and Dave Ware had 4,738.
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Environment
Opinion: Stop the Decay of Our Planet's Life-Support Systems
The evidence is overwhelming: Humanity is pushing humanity's life-support systems rapidly toward a tipping point that will likely imperil society's well-being.
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Events
Southern Festivality
Hattiesburg's FestivalSouth lineup offers a little something for everyone among its 56 events for all ages, from art exhibits to live musical performances, including a Cirque du Soleil-inspired extravaganza created …
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R.I.P., Medgar
Imagine not being allowed to vote for the candidate of your choice, even though you were allowed to register to do so, or not being able to go to the …
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In Medgar's Driveway
In this country, we have a keen interest in visiting places where famous people died. This is especially true for events of the 1960s: People visit Dallas to see where …
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Blacker'
Wyatt Emmerich, whose (white) grandfather stood up for civil rights when he held an editor's pen, has proclaimed himself up as the arbiter of "all things black."
