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The Republican-run Senate firmly rejected President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the …

• March 14, 2019

The City of Jackson kicks off its long-term cleaning project, the Let's Go Clean JXN …

• March 14, 2019

'Go Clean JXN' Launches Saturday With Residents Helping Pick Up Trash Citywide

Jackson has a problem with trash, and the City of Jackson wants residents to take responsibility for cleaning it up through its Let's Go Clean JXN campaign kicking off Saturday, …

Gov. Phil Bryant spoke at the groundbreaking of Mississippi's Civil Rights Museum in 2013, joined …

• March 14, 2019

Phil Bryant Praises White Officials for Evers Honor, Bashes Bennie Thompson

In the wake of a new federal law declaring civil-rights hero Medgar Evers' home a national monument, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant credited President Donald Trump and Mississippi's two white Republican …

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• March 14, 2019

Democratic Sen. David Blount of Jackson says keeping donors' names secret "would be the biggest …

• March 14, 2019

Bill: Ban Disclosure Requirement for Some Political Spending

Mississippi senators have passed a bill that says the government could not require disclosure of donors' names to certain types of tax-exempt groups involved in politics.

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• March 14, 2019

Janine LaManna stars as Jill Conner Browne in New Stage Theatre's production of the musical …

• March 13, 2019

The Sweet Potato Queens Come Home

Earlier this year, parade cofounder Malcolm White asked her if she could give he and the other organizers a date for when the Sweet Potato Queens would be part of …

Ronnie Crudup Jr. won a special election for Hinds County's District 71 seat in the …

• March 13, 2019

Ronnie Crudup Jr. Wins Special Election for South Jackson House Seat

Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn called Ronnie Crudup, Jr. Tuesday evening to congratulate him on his victory after voters in south Jackson elected the local activist to fill a vacated …

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• March 13, 2019

Kimberlee Haralson

Real estate company Crye-Leike Brandon recently gave Kimberlee Haralson, a realtor who joined the company in September 2017, its 2019 Crye-Leike Rookie of the Year award for the Central Mississippi …

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• March 13, 2019

Medgar Evers was Mississippi's first NAACP field secretary beginning in 1954. He led voter registration …

• March 12, 2019

Medgar Evers' Home Becomes National Monument

The Mississippi home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is becoming a national monument.