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Analysis: Life Experience Shapes Attorney General Candidates

Democrat Jennifer Riley Collins says one of her priorities, if elected Mississippi attorney general, will be ensuring law enforcement officers receive the equipment they need to do their jobs. She …

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• October 28, 2019

Elephant Wrecking Ball Swings by Jackson

Elephant Wrecking Ball brings its woven concoction of experimental jazz, hip hop and electronic music genres to Jackson on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at Martin's Downtown as part of the group's …

The Bean Path launched at the Eudora Welty Library in October 2018. The organization provides …

• October 28, 2019

The Bean Path Anniversary, UMMC LGBTQ Clinic and Trustmark Donations

Jackson tech-based nonprofit The Bean Path recently celebrated its one-year anniversary by rewarding students from the Mississippi Coding Academy who applied for a community grant.

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• October 28, 2019

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.

In his third State of the City Address, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba vowed to continue …

• October 25, 2019

Lumumba Vows to Fight Corruption, Cites Progress in 'State of the City'

Corporations and other bad actors will no longer take advantage of Jackson, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba pledged to a crowd during his third State of the City Address yesterday evening.

David McRae (left) has lots of his own money, while Addie Lee Green (right) has …

• October 25, 2019

Treasurer Race: McRae's Expertise Faces Green's Common Touch

David McRae has lots of his own money, while Addie Lee Green has less. One will be managing Mississippi's money as state treasurer after the Nov. 5 election.

Homecoming Queen Ciara Knapp and Homecoming King Carl Tart during Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt homecoming …

• October 25, 2019

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• October 25, 2019

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• October 25, 2019

Glenn Boyce addresses a public session of the IHL Board of Trustees. Photo courtesy Mississippi …

• October 25, 2019

DOSSIER: IHL Document Dump Raises Questions About Boyce Role

In the course of my investigation into the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, multiple sources have repeated a simple refrain: The IHL's conduct in the Ole Miss chancellor search process …

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• October 25, 2019

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• October 25, 2019

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• October 25, 2019

Halloween ComicFest 2019 in Jackson

On the last Saturday of every October, comic fans across the globe travel to their local comic shops to take home free comics as part of the internationally celebrated Halloween …