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Cash-Strapped Ukraine Struggles to Keep Russia Gas Supplies
Cash-strapped Ukraine sought to buy time in its effort to ensure continued gas supplies from Russia, making a $15 million payment Friday to Moscow as it waits for international rescue …
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McDaniel Seeking 3rd Term in Mississippi Senate
Chris McDaniel, a tea party-backed Republican who lost a U.S. Senate race last year, says he's seeking re-election to the Mississippi Legislature.
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Joce Pritchett, Cristen Hemmins to Take Aim at GOP Incumbents
By R.L. NaveWell-known in progressive political circles, Cristen Hemmins and Joce Prtichett today announced that they would run for elected office.
In 2012, Jackson Free Press readers opined that Hemmins should seek public office. Hemmins, chairwoman of the Lafayette County Democratic Party, will challenge state Sen. Gray Tollison, R-Oxford, for the Senate seat he has held since 1996. Tollison, a one-time Democrat who switched over to the GOP in 2012, had been eyeing late U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee's House seat but announced this week that he wouldn't run for Congress.
Joce Pritchett, an engineer who lives in Jackson with her wife, Carla Webb, and their children will make an announcement Friday at the Capitol that she will run for state auditor. So far, two Republicans have announced intentions to run, incumbent Stacey Pickering and Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler. Charles E. Graham has also said he would run as a Democrat; Pritchett did not indicate which party primary she would run in.
Pritchett and Webb are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Mississippi's same-sex marriage ban. That case is pending in a federal appeals court.
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Uncertainty Looms for Wages, Schools, Health Care in Tax Cut Plan
Despite a controversial $1.5 billion tax cut prompting fierce debate on education funding, state employee salaries, grocery taxes and lottery tickets, the Republican-led tax plan passed the Mississippi House of …
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Person of the Day
Stefan Moody
If I was going to bet on who will be the frontrunner for this year's Howell Trophy, my money would be on University of Mississippi junior guard Stefan Moody.
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National
For Many Middle-Class Taxpayers On Obamacare, It's Payback Time
As tax day approaches, hundreds of thousands of families who enrolled in plans through the insurance marketplaces could be stuck with unexpected tax bills, according to researchers.
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DC Legalizes Pot in Capital, Despite Threats from Congress
The District of Columbia defied threats from Congress and moved forward Thursday with legalizing possession of marijuana after a voter-approved initiative.
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Homeland Security Bill Moves in Senate While House in Limbo
The Senate is moving forward on legislation to fund the Homeland Security Department, but the House is in limbo two days away from a partial agency shutdown as conservatives angrily …
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Ukraine, Rebels Start Pulling Back Heavy Weapons in the East
In a long-awaited development, Ukrainian forces and separatist fighters both announced Thursday they are pulling back heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine.
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Cyber Threats Expanding, New US Intelligence Assessment Says
The U.S. has elevated its appraisal of the cyber threat from Russia, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday, as he delivered the annual assessment by intelligence agencies of the top …
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Home Cookin’ Capsule
Jackson Preparatory School soccer defeated Madison-Ridgeland Academy 3-2 Feb. 21 for a fifth consecutive MAIS Division I state championship.
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Bryan's Rant
A Long Shot
In late January, Grant Worsley of the Worsley Group organized a football tryout and brought scouts from the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers to Smith-Wills Stadium.
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Sports
Mississippi NBA Pairing Perfectly Timed
Looking to bolster their fading playoff hopes, the Charlotte Hornets reinvigorated the careers of two of Mississippi's all-time greats in the process.
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Music
Waka Winter Classic Brings the Heat
From the moment they pick up an instrument, most musicians dream of performing for thousands of adoring fans. With Waka Winter Classic, that dream gets a little closer to reality.
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Music
Lucero: Band of Brothers
After 17 years of playing and staying together, the members of Lucero are family. Cranking out albums and touring hard throughout their tenure, they've diversified their sound and grown an …
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Something New in Old News
Although Millsaps College history professor Stephanie Rolph wouldn't call herself a specialist on art, on April 11, she will deliver "Perspectives in the Press" in conjunction with the Mississippi Museum …
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Books
Sister Act: Margaret Walker and Eudora Welty
A strong part of Mississippi's literary heritage rests on the legacies of Eudora Welty and Margaret Walker Alexander. The two women share a simple yet striking commonality: the gift of …
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Epps, Ex-Prison Boss, Pleads Guilty to 2 Federal Corruption Counts
In a change of course, Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts in a federal corruption case.
