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Ex-KKK Leader David Duke Says He Plans to Run for US Senate
Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke announced Friday on his website that he plans to run for U.S. Senate in Louisiana.
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Judge Blocks Ohio Law to Divert Planned Parenthood Money
A federal judge blocked an Ohio law aimed at keeping public money from going to Planned Parenthood, saying in a Friday ruling that the group stood to suffer "irreparable injury."
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Gawker.com Dies Next Week, Killed by an Unhappy Subject
Gawker.com, the brash New York website that broke new ground with its gossipy, no-holds-barred coverage of media, culture and politics, is shutting down after 14 years, brought low by an …
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Civil Rights
Legislature Can’t Dress Up Damage Doing to State
The special session on Monday presented lawmakers the chance to potentially clean up some unfinished business from the 2017 legislative session as well as messes by particular members (looking at …
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Politics
Mississippi Already Shares Some Voter Info with Other States
Mississippi's top elections official says he is consistent by sharing some voter information with other states while also telling a national group to "jump in the Gulf of Mexico" as …
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Jacksonian
Blair Neelley
When you first walk into the Princess Salon, bright pink walls and giant posters of Disney princesses surround you. In the center of it all is Blair Neelley.
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City & County
JPD Chief and Hinds Sheriff Team Up to Launch 'Operation Side by Side'
At the Second Precinct's late-afternoon roll call at the Metrocenter on Friday, April 15, the Jackson Police Department and the Sheriff's Department joined together to create Operation Side by Side, …
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Jacksonian
Cindy Townsend
At 9 in the morning on school days, you can find Cindy Townsend with her class of seventh graders at Jackson Preparatory School. As director of the school's Global Leadership …
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Ariz. Sheriff Aims to Halt Obama Immigration Order
A gadfly attorney and an Arizona county sheriff want to halt President Barack Obama's immigration order in the first courtroom battle over an initiative designed to spare nearly 5 million …
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Politics
What Gov. Bryant Left Out of His SOTS
In his fourth State of the State address, Gov. Phil Bryant reiterated much of the agenda he already laid out in his budget recommendation, but the subjects the first-term governor …
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Don’t Politicize Special-Needs Education
Recent legislative deliberations, which come in the context of a larger debate over Mississippi's education crisis, have a whiff of election-year pandering in the same way politicians try to churn …
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Business
Loving All Over Hobby Lobby
In September 2012, the American Family Association sent an action alert to its followers, urging them to support Hobby Lobby in its quest to deny insurance coverage of some contraception …
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Don’t Miss Chance to Fix PAC Problem
The Jackson Free Press doesn't often say, "we told you so," even if we did. But after the news cycle of the last week, in which unreported PAC activity in …
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Show Us the Campaign Money—On Time
On Tuesday, April 1, candidates seeking the office of Jackson mayor are required to submit their campaign-finance reports.
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City & County
Candidate Profile: Margaret Barrett-Simon
"I was busy" and "Why not?" are the two top reasons Ward 7 Councilwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon, a 29-year veteran of the council and mother of five, gave the Jackson Free …
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Jacksonian
Olivia Coté
Olivia Coté, a 9th grade English teacher at Murrah High School, grew up watching her mother, Anne Karges, hard at work at her craft.
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Secretary of State: It's Legal To Cast a Partial Ballot in Primaries
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi voters on Tuesday are choosing Democratic and Republican nominees for governor and lieutenant governor.
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Jacksonian
Josh Ferguson
Josh Ferguson says his favorite part of bartending at Babalu Tacos & Tapas is meeting people.
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Jacksonian
Karlos Lyons
Though hip-hop dance was initially just a hobby for Karlos Lyons, it has become a job and a lifestyle.
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Israel Advances Building Plans in East Jerusalem
The Israeli government is advancing construction plans to build about 1,000 housing units in parts of Jerusalem that Palestinians demand for their future state, a government official said Monday, amid …
