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Quarters Because We Care, Micro-Enterprise Business Classes and Free Entergy Tax Prep

The Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable is hosting an event called "Quarters Because We Care" on Saturday, March 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Keway Supersudz in Jackson.

Analysis: Mississippi Grappling With Tax-and-Spend Ideas

Mississippi legislators are moving into the final weeks of their three-month session, and they still need to make significant decisions about taxes and spending for the year that begins July …

Azia’s Picks 3-12-21

What are your plans for this weekend? If you’re open to suggestions, check out a few of my fave events for this weekend.

‘Collective Suffering’ Continues Year After COVID-19 Came to Mississippi

In a March 8 press briefing, officials from MSDH discussed how the pandemic progressed over the last year, and what we can expect moving forward.

Water Restored, But Most of Jackson Still Under Boil Notice

Most people in Mississippi’s capital now have running water, more than three weeks after the majority of taps in the city of 161,000 went dry during a winter storm.

City Plans Demolitions of Commercial Blight, New Code Enforcement Regime

Five structures constituting commercial blight in Jackson are up for demolition starting in April after pending bids and council approval, Department of Planning and Development Director Jordan Hillman said at …

MSU Virtual Ragtime and Jazz Festival, New JSU Scholarship and 2021 Ezra Jack Keats Awards

Mississippi State University recently announced that its annual Charles H. Templeton Ragtime and Jazz Festival will take place in a virtual format on March 26 and 27.

Photo courtesy Kentrice S. Rush

• March 11, 2021

Dayzsha Rogan

JSU senior Dayzsha Rogan was a major factor in the Tigers success. Her efforts on the court earned her 2020-2021 SWAC Women’s Basketball Player of the Year.

Mississippi House Nixes Change to Tourism Promotion

The Mississippi House has killed a bill that would have created a state Department of Tourism. The tourism bill was among the proposals that died under the latest legislative deadline.

Mississippi Legislators Argue Over Medical Marijuana Rules

Mississippi legislators wrangled Wednesday over regulations for medical marijuana, with the House killing one bill and the Senate reviving the issue hours later by wedging it into a separate bill.

Dr. Kanesha Bennett

Kanesha Bennett has served as director of Jackson State University's Lottie Thornton Early Childhood Center since 2017. She previously worked as a preschool teacher at JSU starting in 2015 before …

JPS Closes Watkins Elementary School Because of Building Structural Problems

Jackson Public School District Superintendent Errick Greene explained to stakeholders during a Zoom meeting Tuesday that it was urgent to close Watkins Elementary School for student safety.

Mississippi House Rejects Plan to Restructure History Board

The Mississippi House on Tuesday rejected a proposal to restructure the board that governs the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Mississippi Transportation Director Will Retire March 31

Melinda McGrath, the leader of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, is retiring March 31.

Felecia Nave

Alcorn State University makes history next month when it welcomes Dr. Felecia M. Nave as the first woman and 20th president of her alma mater.

Policy groups are deeply divided over a proposal to phase out Mississippi's personal income tax, …

• March 9, 2021

Analysis: Advocates Split Over Mississippi Tax Cut Proposals

Policy groups are deeply divided over a proposal to phase out Mississippi's personal income tax, with some saying the change could spur economic growth and others saying it could curtail …

Mississippi Health Officer: Keep Masking Up to Fight Virus

Mississippi's top public health official is urging people to continue wearing masks in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus, even after Republican Gov. Tate Reeves lifted a mask …

John Caleb Grenn

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Mississippi last year in March, one of 30-year-old John Caleb Grenn’s favorite spots—Lemuria Books—shut down.