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Obama to Pitch Immigration Overhaul in Mexico
President Barack Obama has his domestic ambition at the top of his travel agenda as he travels to Mexico on Thursday.
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Movement Seen in 'Fiscal Cliff' Talks
The White House and congressional Republicans are a long way from agreeing on a plan to deal with the "fiscal cliff." But it seems like some progress is being made.
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Progress Seen in Last-Minute 'Fiscal Cliff' Talks
Working against a midnight deadline, negotiators for the White House and congressional Republicans narrowed their differences Monday on legislation to avert across-the-board tax increases.
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6 People Shot Dead in SC Domestic Dispute
Bryan Sweatt was in the middle of a custody fight with his girlfriend over their 7-month-old daughter and facing a burglary charge that could put him in jail for years.
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Dozens of Trade-Offs in $1.1 Trillion Budget Bill
A massive $1.1 trillion spending bill, aimed at funding the government through October and putting to rest the bitter budget battles of last year, is getting generally positive reviews from …
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City & County
Police Chief Denies JPD Involvement in Deadly Chase, Charges Driver with Second-Degree Murder
Jackson Police Chief Lee Vance is pushing back on the Clinton police’s version of a recent car chase that ended in tragedy.
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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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National
Stinker Quote Of The Week: "Disgraceful"
“I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi."
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Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Drugs'
Since Bryant oversees the agency that administers TANF, if there are people receiving benefits who are not working, it's his administration that's not following the law.
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Politics
McDaniel Slams Changing State Flag
Senator Chris McDaniel made the following verbatim statement regarding calls to do away with Mississippi's official state flag.
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8th Annual JFP Chick Ball Set for Saturday, July 28, 2012
By Donna LaddThe 8th Annual JFP Chick Ball is raising money to help the Center for Violence Prevention start a rape crisis center.
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Report: "Extreme Concern" Persists at Henley-Young
By R.L. NaveThe latest court monitoring report for the Hinds County's Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center shows "the facility continues to have "major developmental needs in many areas.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center and Disability Rights Mississippi filed a class-action lawsuit in 2011 that alleged Henley-Young's staff members subjected the children to physical and verbal abuse.
Under a March 2012 settlement children entering the facility are to receive mental-health evaluations, counseling, better rehabilitation options, input from family and advocates, and more time outside their cells.
Leonard B. Dixon, a juvenile justice expert appointed to oversee implementation of the agreement, visited the jail from August 18 through August 23. Dixon said in his report that he witnessed staff training that did not align with juvenile-justice standards.
“As I sat in on several parts of the training, I found the majority of the training was aligned with adult corrections,” he wrote. “Although this training may be adequate for adult facilities, in the juvenile system training is required so that staff will have the skills to effectively interact and manage residents.”
Dixon also cited staffing issues and medical and mental health-care services as still needing improvement.
“Even though the facility has hired new staff, the results of attrition still leave the County far short of the needed staff to properly run the facility,” Dixon wrote. This creates pressure for staff members to keep the peace at all costs, and they often “react to minor misbehaviors” by “locking down residents that present potential conduct issues.”
In early September, the Henley Young brought on a new director when Brenda Frelix took over for Dale Knight, who took the post in 2010.
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BREAKING: ‘Troopergate' Report Finds Palin Abused Power
The Anchorage Daily News just posted a PDF of the full report on Gov. Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" investigation. Read it here. The report says that the investigation found that Palin …
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BREAKING: Did Mayor Fire Cops for Muddling Domestic Case?
Sources tell the Jackson Free Press that Mayor Frank Melton may have fired police officers who muddled the response to reports on Ludlow Street Monday that Henry Phillips, 50, was …
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Reagan's Budget Chief Takes GOP To the Woodshed
What are the four "deformations" of the modern day GOP that helped send the economy in the crapper? David Stockman, head of OMB under Reagan, is unhappy with the debt …
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Education
Youth Education Prevents the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Public-health officials are addressing HIV risk factors nationally and in many states, but Mississippi lags other states in the information it collects.
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AP Interview: Iraqi Leader Predicts IS Collapse in Mosul
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Islamic State group fighters lack the courage to put up long-term resistance in Mosul, despite unleashing hundreds of car bombs that have killed and …
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Egypt Sentences 529 Morsi Supporters to Death
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced to death 529 supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in connection to an attack on a police station that killed a policeman, convicting …
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Editor's Note
An Open Letter to My Sister, and Men Everywhere
The danger in expecting women to meet some standard of purity or respectability is that when some man decides that a woman's purity is compromised because of her low-cut dress …
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Crime
UPDATED: Darnell Turner Gets 45 Years, Judge Brings Up DA Smith
The young woman who accused Darnell Turner of beating her, dragging her, strangling her, shooting at her car, and dangling her off a bridge in the Washington Addition when she …
