Jackson Free Press

OPINION—ICE: You're Not Welcome in the South

"I'm not safer because my government has decided its top priority is to tear families apart for the sole purpose of stoking racial division. I'm not safer because my elected …

Reeves' mailer claims Waller's plan would "cost state taxpayers over $200 million per year." The …

• August 15, 2019

A mailer from Tate Reeves' (right) campaign made several misleading claims about Republican runoff opponent …

• August 15, 2019

False Claims in Tate Reeves' 'Obamacare' Mailers on Waller Plan

A mailer from Tate Reeves' campaign made several misleading claims about Republican runoff opponent Bill Waller's Medicaid expansion plan.

PH Food is one of seven Mississippi plants raided Aug. 7. Federal agents arrested 680 …

• August 15, 2019

Advocates: Mississippi Plant Fires Workers Left After Raid

A Mississippi chicken processing plant fired most of its remaining workers after nearly 100 accused of immigration violations were arrested last week, witnesses said.

Photo courtesy Chris Todd/Belhaven Athletics

• August 15, 2019

Hunter McEachern

With the 2019 season approaching, Belhaven University quarterback Hunter McEachern has a chance to rewrite the school record book for passing. The quarterback begins his senior season after setting the …

Mississippi State and Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity break ground on the 11th Maroon Edition …

• August 15, 2019

Habitat Maroon Edition, MSU College View and UM Neuroscience Program

Mississippi State University and the Starkville Area Habitat for Humanity broke ground on Tuesday, Aug. 13, for the 11th home MSU and Habitat have partnered to build as part of …

Shortly before the decision was announced, Trump had tweeted that "it would show great weakness" …

• August 15, 2019

Israel Bans Entry to Outspoken US Congresswomen

Israel said Thursday that it will bar two Democratic congresswomen from entering the country ahead of a planned visit over their support for a Palestinian-led boycott movement, a decision announced …

The Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee will host a special election on Aug. 20 for …

• August 14, 2019

Hinds County to Hold Special Election Over Primary Irregularities

The Hinds County Democratic Executive Committee will hold a special election on Aug. 20, 2019, for voters in Precinct 51 who filled out incorrect ballots for the Aug. 6 primary …

Waller Says Yes to Equal Pay, No on LGBT Hate Crimes Law

In a series of campaign stops for the Republican runoff for governor on Tuesday, former Mississippi Chief Justice Bill Waller reiterated his views on health care and education, while also …

Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller (center) speaks in Hattiesburg alongside former primary opponent …

• August 14, 2019

At a campaign stop at the Hattiesburg Clinic in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Aug. 13, former …

• August 14, 2019

Photo by Oyindamola Oluwatimi

• August 14, 2019

Amber Johnson

At the Aug. 6 city council meeting, members gave a resolution to Jackson native Amber Johnson for becoming the first African American woman to graduate with a Ph.D. in computer …

Teacher groups and others who say Mississippi students take too many tests are pushing for …

• August 14, 2019