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Local and Lucky
If you haven't heard, the Hal's St. Paddy's Day Parade & Festival is this weekend. Here is your guide to what you can do before and after.
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Prep for the Long Haul
St. Paddy's Parade weekend is a marathon, not a sprint. As such, it's important to plan ahead and be prepared.
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What Do You Know About Being Green?
It's time for the annual Hal's St. Paddy's Parade & Festival. To make sure you get where you want to be, when you want to be there, the Jackson Free …
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Politics
Conserving Fannye A. Cook’s Legacy
When Fannye A. Cook was born in Copiah County, women were almost 80 years away from gaining the right to serve on a Mississippi jury and 95 years away from …
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Civil Rights
Calling on Our Ancestral Mothers
Each year I make deliberate efforts to study women throughout history. This year I have dissected my celebration. With intentional focus, I am celebrating black women. I am dedicating myself …
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Editorial
Use the T-word: Trauma Matters, Must Be Treated
Without an understanding of trauma—what often lies beneath the surface of a child who was taken out of an abusive home or a teenager in juvenile detention—the wounds won't heal.
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Education
JPS Shrinks as Charters Pull Students, Money
In Dr. Freddrick Murray's view, Jackson Public Schools has to be proactive to get in front of the myriad problems the district faces, from decreasing enrollment and funding at most …
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Jacksonian
Roy A. Adkins
Normally, when Roy A. Adkins is taking photos downtown, he takes them at his studio, Light and Glass, which he co-owns with his wife, Jerri Sherer.
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National
Trump Blasts Release of 2005 Tax Form, Reporter's Account
President Donald Trump earned $153 million and paid $36.5 million in income taxes in 2005, paying a roughly 25 percent effective tax rate thanks to a tax he has since …
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Art
Jonathan Faulkner’s Unknown Dimensions
Jonathan Faulkner says his artistic medium—abstract drawings with permanent marker on sketch paper—developed more out of necessity at first.
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Music
Brantley Gilbert: All on the Table
For several years now, Brantley Gilbert has been a big name in the world of country music.
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City & County
Want Change? Get Involved
Some exciting things are happening in technology and entrepreneurship in Jackson this year.
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Politics
Mississippi to Begin Tracking Assets Seized by Police Groups
Mississippi will begin tracking money and assets seized by police agencies and require more oversight of such forfeitures after Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 812 .
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Development
‘One Lake’ Tax Sails Forward
Previous plans to dramatically remake the portion of the Pearl River that flows through the Jackson metropolitan area ran aground, but legislation is sailing toward the governor's desk that would …
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Biz Roundup
UMMC Facilities Closing, MDA Collaboration on Verizon Innovative Learning App Challenge
University of Mississippi Medical Center announced in a release last week that University Wellness Center Downtown and University Wellness Center Northeast in Jackson will both close on April 1.
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Person of the Day
Theresa G. Kennedy
The Women's Business Center of Mississippi named entrepreneur and activist Theresa Kennedy as the organization's new director on March 1.
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The Lakes Plan That Won't Recede
The JFP's 2010 investigation of the "Two Lakes" plan, including who would benefit.
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National
White House Appears to Soften Trump's Claim on Wiretapping
The White House on Monday appeared to soften President Donald Trump's unproven assertion that his predecessor wiretapped his New York skyscraper during the election.
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Health Care
Congress' Analyst: Millions to Lose Coverage Under GOP Bill
Fourteen million Americans would lose coverage next year under House Republican legislation remaking the nation's health care system, and that figure would grow to 24 million by 2026, Congress' nonpartisan …
