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Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba has both distanced himself and the City from Project EJECT and …

Former U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis said Project EJECT differs somewhat from his violent-crime initiative.

Jacksonian Calandra Davis expressed her dissatisfaction with Project Eject in Jackson over the last year …

U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst announced Project EJECT (Empower Jackson Expel Crime Together) on Dec. 7, …

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Editor's Note

EDITOR'S NOTE: All Those Crazy Jackson Ideas

When Mississippi Arts Commission Executive Director Malcolm White first moved to Jackson in 1979, he said it was a fairly straight-laced city where people went to work, church, school and …

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Christopher Lockhart

Christopher Lockhart, owner of Capital City Kayaks, says he has always enjoyed being out on the water.

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Politics

Lawmakers Turn to Budgets; Re-Entry Reforms on Governor’s Desk

It's crunch time at the Mississippi Capitol. This week lawmakers will have to finalize the state budget, predominantly behind closed doors, before passing a slim fiscal-year 2019 budget.

Lawmakers sent Gov. Phil Bryant (pictured) a measure that will expand re-entry reforms in the …

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UPDATED: ‘Galactic Trouble’ for Foster Care Ahead?

Jess Dickinson likes to use an ancient maxim he heard in a film, "The Bourne Ultimatum," to illustrate where he sits currently as the commissioner of Mississippi's foster-care system. "Hope …