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Transportation Secretary to Leave Administration
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the only Republican still in President Barack Obama's first-term Cabinet, said Tuesday he plans to leave the Obama administration.
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Report: States Force Jobless to Pay Needless Fees
Jobless Americans are paying millions in unnecessary bank fees to collect unemployment benefits.
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Egypt in Show of Defiance Against Islamist Leader
Protesters battled police for hours in Cairo on Monday and thousands marched through Egypt's three Suez Canal cities in direct defiance of a night-time curfew and state of emergency, handing …
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Senate Nears Vote on $50.5B Bill for Sandy Victims
Three months after Superstorm Sandy devastated coastal areas in much of the Northeast, the Senate moved Monday toward passing a $50.5 billion emergency package of relief and recovery aid after …
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Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
An American Board Teaching Information Session will be held Tuesday, Jan. 29 from 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at YMCA Downtown Jackson.
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Jackson Group Taking Aim at Mid-City Area
Working Together Jackson, a network of local community groups, has been quietly developing a new strategy for fighting blight, a problem that has at times seemed too daunting to solve.
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Fragile Economy, Other Global Woes Dominated Davos
More than 2,500 of the best and brightest in business, government, academia and civic life gathered for the five-day World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland.
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Washington Casts Wary Eye at Muslim Brotherhood
President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between …
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Barge Hits Miss. River Bridge; Oil Cleanup Ongoing
Crews skimmed oily water from the Mississippi River after a barge with more than 80,000 gallons of oil struck a railroad bridge near Vicksburg.
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Crime
Erin's Law: Stopping Child Sexual Abuse
From the time she was 6 years old, Erin Merryn was sexually abused. For two-and-half years, a neighbor in his late 20s molested her, she said. Then, when Merryn was …
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Person of the Day
Dr. Leo Huddleston
When Dr. Leo Huddleston found out he had won the 2007 Jackson Free Press "Best of Jackson" awards for best chiropractor and best doctor, he was in Panama City, Fla., …
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Events
It's the Weekend!
On Saturday, the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra presents "Pops II: Take it to the Limit—The Music of the Eagles" featuring the Jeans 'n Classics Band at 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara …
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Bill Filed in Miss. Seeks to Nullify Federal Laws
Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again.
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Politicians Returning MDMR Foundation Money
Campaigns for governor, Congress, the state Legislature and other offices received checks from the foundation headed by recently fired Department of Marine Resources Executive Director Bill Walker.
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Jindal: GOP Must Stop Being 'Stupid Party'
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on the Republican Party to "stop being the stupid party" on Thursday as GOP leaders promised fundamental changes to help stave off future losses.
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Will Smart Machines Create a World Without Work?
An Associated Press analysis of employment data from 20 countries found that millions of midskill, midpay jobs already have disappeared over the past five years, and they are the jobs …
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Obama Picks Foreign Policy Aide as Chief of Staff
President Barack Obama has chosen longtime trusted adviser and national security expert Denis McDonough as his fifth chief of staff.
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The Great Reset: Are We Ready for Permanent Unemployment Because of Technology?
Now, three years after Google invented one, automated cars could be on their way to a freeway near you. In the U.S., California and other states are rewriting the rules …
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Obama Appoints Former White-Collar Crime Prosecutor to Head SEC
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent his strongest signal yet Thursday that he wants the government to get tougher with Wall Street, appointing a former prosecutor to head the …
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Bobby Jindal: GOP Should Keep Conservative Ideals, 'Change Just About Everything Else We Do'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling on the Republican Party to "recalibrate the compass of conservatism" as party leaders on Thursday promised fundamental changes to help …
