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Festive Finds for Frosty Times
Winter approaches at a breakneck pace, as do the holidays that come with the season. Whether you want to liven up the decor of your home or buy a gift …
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Business
White to Developer: ‘Go Away’
Hal & Mal's owner Malcolm White says he wants to keep the restaurant open, but a disagreement over his lease is making it difficult.
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U.S. Home Prices See Biggest Annual Gain Since 2006, Builders on Faster Pace
A measure of U.S. home prices rose 6.3 percent in October compared with a year ago, the largest yearly gain since July 2006. The jump adds to signs of a …
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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 …
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Health Care
From Opioids to Heroin Addiction, Addressing the Epidemic in Mississippi
Heroin was involved in 24.0 percent (35 cases) of all opioid-related overdose death in 2015, data from the Mississippi Department of Health show. John Dowdy, director of the Mississippi Bureau …
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[Buzz] Don't Say ‘Tort Reform'; Collective Forms
DON'T SAY 'TORT REFORM': It's kind of fun to watch lawmakers try NOT to talk about a favorite topic: tort reform. Although legislating against "lawsuit abuse," especially with industry-friendly damage …
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As The Clarion-Ledger loses more journalists, its parent company wants to charge for online content.
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Divine Responsibility'
Bryant doesn't have a direct link to God, and, while he wastes the state's time and resources fighting a battle that conservatives lost four decades ago, many Mississippians will suffer …
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JFP Registration Announcement
If you have registered for the JFP site recently, please go try your user name and password to see if you've been approved (you may not get an e-mail back …
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Viable'
Despite the early problems with the online health-care exchanges and other bugs, every day new information emerges about the financial and health benefits of the ACA.
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Politics
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Republicans proved they can win elections. Now they must prove they can govern.
On Dec. 20, Haley Barbour stepped to the podium on the 18th floor of the Walter Sillers building to make his final budget recommendation to reporters—and started hacking away at …
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At 150, KKK Sees Opportunities in US Political Trends
Born in the ashes of the smoldering South after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan died and was reborn before losing the fight against civil rights in the 1960s. …
