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#MSLeg: Broadband, Abortion, Prison Reform

On Jan. 31, legislators in the Mississippi House Education Committee advanced to the House floor a bill designed to help prepare schools for the worst: the possibility of gun violence.

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• February 6, 2019

Beth Morgan Cowan

Beth Morgan Cowan, a 41-year-old Greenwood, Miss., native and current Jackson resident, turned her dream of empowering women while owning her own business into reality in 2007 with the founding …

“If Beale Street Could Talk,” based on the James Baldwin novel of the same name, …

• February 5, 2019

Photo courtesy Beth Morgan Cowan

• February 5, 2019

Giving back to the community is important, but it doesn’t have to be something huge. …

• February 5, 2019

EDITOR'S NOTE: Doing Good Things in JXN

In a 2008 study, researchers at Harvard University found that doing good deeds raises a person's level of happiness. Other studies have shown that happiness can create a positive feedback …

House Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden, a Republican from Meridian, says about two dozen other …

• February 5, 2019

Mississippi Bill Would Ping Companies That Boycott Israel

Mississippi lawmakers could ban the state from investing in companies that boycott Israel. The state House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday passed House Bill 761 , which would set the ban. …

The "One Lake" proposal has hit another major hurdle. A report commissioned as part of …

• February 5, 2019

Study Finds 'One Lake' Project Poses Costly Public Health Risks

The "One Lake" proposal has hit another major hurdle. A report commissioned as part of the project's draft study has found the project poses serious public and environmental health risks.

Jackson Cop Involved in 3 Shootings; Teen Shot 2 Times in Back, Family Says

Officer Anthony Veasey was involved in three separate shootings in Jackson in 14 months since November 2017, including an exchange of gunfire that hit an 18-year-old two times in the …

Jackson police struck Porter Perez seven times, including two in the back, during a burglary, …

• February 5, 2019

Twelve Jackson police officers were involved in nine officer-involved shootings since November 2017. One officer, …

• February 5, 2019

House Judiciary A Committee Chairman Mark Baker says his committee won't consider House Bill 1104 …

• February 5, 2019

Mississippi Won't Reinstate Law Allowing No-Judge Seizures

Mississippi lawmakers won't allow police to resume seizing cash, guns and vehicles without going before a judge.

This year's TEDxJackson event is titled "The Next 200" in honor of Mississippi's recent bicentennial. …

• February 5, 2019

2019 Governor's Arts Awards and TEDxJackson

The sixth annual TEDxJackson will take place on Thursday, Feb. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. inside the Craig H. Neilsen auditorium at the 2 Mississippi Museums complex.

The House Drug Policy Committee, on a tie vote Monday, rejected an amendment that would …

• February 5, 2019

Mississippi Lawmakers Reject Move to Let Farmers Grow Hemp

Mississippi lawmakers are turning back an attempt to legalize growing industrial hemp in the state.