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A ‘Sound, Sensible’ Organics Program

The National Organic Program must be sensing increasing numbers of small farmers turning away from the USDA's certified organic program.

Amazing Teens

If kids are our future, we have a lot to look forward to as the 16 young people chosen as this year’s Amazing Teens grow into adulthood.

Jonathan Lee on the Defensive Over Business Judgments (Plus Audio)

Jonathan Lee, candidate for mayor of Jackson, Miss., is on the defensive over default judgments against his family's business.

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We Are Family

A few weeks ago the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Proposition 8, the California law banning same-sex marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act, the law Congress passed in …

Kemper Shareholders Should Share Pain

MPC's 582-megatwatt Kemper IGCC coal-fired power plant is now more than 80 percent complete. Since January, Southern's stock price has risen steadily from just above $42 in January to around …

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Choices'

"Public" means just that—one's past and present will become an open book should you decide to run for office.

Wilson: Engaging our Youth

Albert Wilson has spent his adult life trying to reach out to the next generation. Now he wants to reach them from the Jackson City Council.

Wright: A Familiar Face

Charity Wright has dedicated her last 14 years to working in City Hall in the Jackson City Clerk's office. Now she is asking for a promotion—to city councilwoman.

Health Cuts Still Loom Despite Obama Plan

President Barack Obama's recent recommendation to delay some Medicaid cuts has not deterred the hospitals that rely on the payments or health-care advocates from pushing to expand Medicaid in the …

Your Turn

From jfp.ms: A comment on “The JFP Urban Development Manifesto,” by Todd Stauffer

Jackson Development: Who’s On First?

When it comes to the big development projects in Jackson, political candidates like to express their disapproval with how the mayor's office and city council handles business.

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As Rates Soar, Kemper’s Investors Cash In

After several credit downgrades and gloomy financial forecasts, the balance sheets of utility companies constructing a 580-megawatt coal power plant in eastern Mississippi are improving as their ratepayers are saddled …

Great Expectations

All of us need to be believed in, regardless of the luck of our early circumstances.

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A Shoestring Fling

Operation Shoestring is a community organization based around kids and families that has been making a difference for nearly 50 years.

Help for 'Uninsurables' Mired in Political Battle

Republicans are offering to bail out a financially strapped program in the federal health overhaul, one that's a lifeline for uninsured people with medical problems.

3 Murder Charges Against Pa. Abortion Doc Tossed

A judge tossed three of eight murder charges Tuesday in the high-profile trial of an abortion doctor accused of killing babies prosecutors say were born alive at a clinic they …

30 Years Later, Nation Remains at Educational Risk

U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren't adept at new technology. America's economy will suffer if schools don't step up their game.

Governments May Push Workers to Health Exchange

Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way to pass a large chunk of their health care expenses along to Washington, D.C.

87 Dead in Bangladesh Garment Factory Collapse

An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh's capital on Wednesday, killing at least 87 people and trapping many more under a jumbled mess of concrete.

UK in Dark Mood as New Recession May be Confirmed

Recession may just be a word. But in Britain it may become a habit—and a dangerous one at that.