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Community and Camaraderie

Now in its 11th year, Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights is styled as a music and arts festival, but it's also a celebration of community and camaraderie between neighbors and friends …

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November Election: Party Lines Drawn Early

Education funding, job creation and fighting corruption are at the top of many Mississippi statewide candidates' lists heading into the November election.

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Keep on Truckin: Meet Robert Gray

It was not until 7:36 on the morning of Aug. 5 that anyone found out what Robert Gray looked like, much less how he wound up being the Democratic Party's …

Discriminatory practices are and must continue to be challenged in the legal, policy, judiciary, corporate and executive arenas. Victory in such arenas must be achieved through political participation, litigation and …

Editorial

JATRAN Overhaul Past Due

It's not that having a reliable public-transportation is just a nice thing to have, but as Dr. Scott Crawford rightly told the Jackson City Council this week, for many people, …

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‘Empower’ PAC Helps Oust Anti-Charter Republicans

Empower Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to school choice, used its political arm, the Empower PAC, to unseat four incumbent Republican candidates for the Mississippi House of Representatives in the DeSoto …

Jacksonian

Dr. Taunjah Bell Neasman

For psychology majors at Jackson State University, not many other professors have made a bigger impact than Dr. Taunjah Bell Neasman.

Music

Eden Brent: Born into Blues

Greenville native singer and pianist Eden Brent says she owes her love of the blues to the Mississippi Delta.

Editor's Note

My Advice for Mississippi Politicians

Being inspired is pretty much the same whether you're trying to decide who to elect or to stay excited about your career.

Education

Pre-K Collaboratives Helping 4-Year-Olds

Most 4-year-olds are learning more basic skills before entering kindergarten due to Early Learning Collaboratives, the Mississippi Department of Education is reporting.

Music

Dexter Allen’s Banner Years

While Jackson-based blues artist Dexter Allen describes himself as "a little country boy with a little talent," the last two years of his career have earned him enough attention to …

City & County

Public Works Takes Center Stage at Jackson Budget Talks

Public Works is responsible for maintaining the city's aging and deteriorating roads, bridges, water and sewer systems, and even for building maintenance and collecting money from parking meters. It also …

August 11, 2015

Madison Not for Rent: Only “High Quality” People Need Apply

By ZOS

Hysteria grows in the land of brick and honey as the City of Madison do what they can to keep renters out.

August 11, 2015

Republican Pickering's Robo-Calls Target Pritchett for being 'LGBT'

By adreher

Stacey Pickering, the incumbent Republican candidate for auditor, is targeting his opponent, Joce Pritchett, for being an "LGBT Candidate" in his campaign's automated calls.

One robocall that ran before the primary states:

"The liberal left-wing media has their own agenda in the state auditor's race...They want to see their LGBT candidate for auditor, Jocelyn Pepper Pritchett, have a chance in the general election. They know they can't defeat Pickering, but they know they can defeat Mary Hawkins-Butler...Let's stand up for Mississippi values; let's stand up for Mississippi's Conservative leadership. Let's stand up for the traditional Mississippi family."

Pritchett's campaign has responded to the call on their website saying, "This type of message is unacceptable in the 21st century. The Republicans know they can't attack Joce's qualifications, so they have to attack her orientation and her family. We can't let this happen."

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