Jackson Free Press

City Approves Financial Advisory Team

After a month of squabbling over details and timeliness, the Jackson City Council approved the mayor's financial advisory team for the city's $90-million water system enhancement project Dec. 17.

Deja Abdul-Haqq

Deja Abdul-Haqq—environmental and policy manager at My Brother's Keeper, Inc.—is devoted to addressing health and nutritional disparities in Mississippi.

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Mercury Increasing in Birds Downstream of Canada's Oil Sands

Mercury levels are increasing in the eggs of water birds that nest downstream of Canada's oil sands region, according to a new study.

Toy Gathings

Seeing Habitat for Humanity's work change lives fuels Toy Gathings' passion for bettering the Jackson community.

A Punk Carnival: The So So Glos

It doesn't take long to figure out where Brooklyn's The So So Glos come from.

Marino Bruce

Marino Bruce spends much of his time researching connections between physical health and the social environment.

Mississippi Celebrates the Birthplace of America's Music

Katrina Relief Takes Center Stage in Vicksburg's Huge Music Celebration. With music students and professional musicians losing everything because of hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame did not …

Hagel Holds First Pentagon Talks with Chinese

In his first Pentagon meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel faces a familiar agenda marked with tensions over U.S. missile defenses, Chinese cyberattacks and other issues.

Supervisor Hopefuls Dish on Hinds

Eleven candidates for two open seats on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors gathered Wednesday night to lay out their plans for getting the most bang from the 56 million …

Fast-Food Protests Under Way

Fast-food protests are under way in cities including New York, Chicago and Detroit, with organizers expecting the biggest national walkouts yet in a demand for higher wages.

Wagging the Dog on Guns

This week, the Mississippi Supreme Court unanimously overturned Hinds County Judge Winston Kidd's injunction against House Bill 2. That came as no surprise. Despite good intentions, the attempt to stop …

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Mississippi's Comeback Kids

Mississippi's record on youth incarceration is less than stellar. The number of county-run youth jails and state-run youth prisons that have been slapped with lawsuits for mistreating kids is almost …

Common Core Isn’t a Silver Bullet

Kids haven't met No Child Left Behind standards, so they are now subject to the tougher Common Core State Standards. What could possibly go wrong?

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New Judge Assigned to Case Against BP Supervisors

A new judge was assigned Wednesday to the case against two BP supervisors charged in the deaths of 11 workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in 2010, after the …

Renfroe: Utils Need Skin in the Game

Steve Renfroe, the newest member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission, is the man in the middle on the question of the controversial Kemper County power plant, now under construction.

Rethink ‘Family Values’

A Mississippi judge won't let Hernando resident Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham get a divorce from the woman she married in San Francisco in 2008, nor is she getting any help from …

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Jon Corey Jackson

Mississippi State Hospital Service Chief for Female Receiving Jon Corey Jackson's hero when growing up was his family medicine doctor, Dr. Henry Lewis, who still practices in Jackson's hometown of …

A Long, Rocky Road with 39 Months to Go

Mardi Gras Parade Honors New Orleans' Tricentennial

Tens of thousands of revelers are expected on New Orleans streets for parades and rowdy fun as Mardi Gras caps the Carnival season in a city with a celebration of …

Missouri Appeal Could Delay Mississippi Death Penalty Case

A Missouri appeal over whether lethal injection would violate the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment could delay a Mississippi case over similar issues.