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GOP Close to Supermajority in House
As election returns are finalized in the next few days, Republicans are within striking distance of a 74-vote supermajority in the state House.
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Education
Mississippi Schools Show Signs of Improvement Despite Underfunding
Academic progress primarily comes from good instruction, and staffing schools, especially in south Jackson, has presented JPS recruiters with problems.
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LGBT
After Same-Sex Marriage Victory, A Stall on LGBT Divorces in State
Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham cannot put her past behind her, because a court won't let her.
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Jacksonian
Tiffany Turner
For Tiffany Turner, owner and stylist of T-Stylez Hair Studio, everything is about being passionate and having faith.
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Music
The New Class of Classics
Andrew Sauerwein says people often think of classical music as something in history, not realizing that there are thousands of working composers today.
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Books
Remembering ‘Riot’
When James Meredith became University of Mississippi's first African American student, a cub reporter and part-time university employee named Edwin Meek was there, photographing him every step of the way.
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Editor's Note
Don’t Act Normal
I'd rather be "not normal" than stick with the status quo. I'd rather judge people based on the quality of their character, not by the way they look.
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Tav Falco’s Evanescent South
Tav Falco, enfant terrible of the 1980s, walked onto the stage at Lafayette's Music Room here, dressed in black, his hair a Nuevo-'50s coif, picked up his guitar and let …
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Education
Fixing Schools: Big Blue Skies, Nuts and Bolts
In 2006, when local voters approved a $150 million bond for Jackson Public Schools, a then-Jim Hill High School sophomore named Treshika Melvin thought about how the money would help …
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Voters Reject Constitutional Amendment Over School Funding
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters rejected any change to the state constitution to bolster public school funding, defeating Initiative 42 on Tuesday.
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GOP Rallies, Robert Gray Prays
Gov. Phil Bryant's Democratic challenger, a long-haul truck driver, held a prayer vigil Monday in a park near the Governor's Mansion, with fewer than a dozen people participating.
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Person of the Day
Drew Mellon
For Clinton native Drew Mellon, the U.S. director for international nonprofit The Hard Places Community, his connection to Cambodia isn't a question of geography, but of compassion and calling.
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City & County
Jackson Council Again Kills Sludge-Hauling Contract
The Jackson City Council has again shot down a proposal to award a roughly $13.6 million contract to remove years worth of sludge from a wastewater treatment plant.
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Biz Roundup
CC's Coffee House, Get2College and Jackson Zoo Master Plan
South Louisiana-based coffee chain CC's Community Coffee House arrived in Mississippi about six weeks ago.
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State Office Election Campaign Finance Reports
By adreherCandidates running for state office filed their final pre-election campaign finance reports on Oct. 27. Click a candidate's name to view the full report.
Governor
Phil Bryant (Republican)
Amount spent this election: $2.74 million
Amount still on-hand: $1.38 million
Robert Gray (Democrat)
Amount spent on this election: $3,100
Amount still on-hand: $1,700
Lieutenant Governor
Tate Reeves (Republican)
Amount spent on this election: $640,000
Amount still on-hand: $3.6 million
Tim Johnson (Democrat)
Amount spent this election: $213,000
Amount still on-hand: $15,900
Secretary of State
Delbert Hosemann (Republican)
Amount spent this election: $321,000
Amount still on-hand: $1.2 million
Charles Graham (Democrat)
Amount spent this election: $8,500
Amount still on-hand: $150
Attorney General
Jim Hood (Democrat)
Amount spent this election: $1.26 million
Amount still on-hand: $350,000
Mike Hurst (Republican)
Amount spent this election: $861,000
Amount still on-hand: $86,000
State Auditor
Stacey Pickering (Republican)
Amount spent this election: $302,000
Amount still on-hand: $49,000
Jocelyn “Joce” Pritchett (Democrat)
Amount spent this election: $158,000
Amount still on-hand: $4,000
Treasurer
Lynn Fitch (Republican)
Amount spent this election: $395,000
Amount still on-hand: $5,700
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)
Amount spent this election: $111,000
Amount still on-hand: $162,000
Addie Lee Green (Democrat)
Amount spent this election: $765
Amount still on-hand: $5,700
*Numbers rounded for clarity, incumbents listed first; numbers taken from October 27, 2015 Campaign Finance Report Filings with the Secretary of State's office.
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Ohio Votes on Legalizing Pot for Medical, Recreational Use
The only pot-related question on any state ballot this year is in Ohio, where voters were deciding Tuesday whether to legalize marijuana for recreational and medical use in a single …
