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Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson, questioned who exactly would be considered a gang member under Senate …

• February 14, 2018

The Mississippi Association of Gang Investigators, a nonprofit association of law enforcement officers and prosecutors, …

• February 14, 2018

Medicaid and Guns Bills Live, Vouchers Die

Rep. Jason White, R-West, who is largely responsible for writing the House's Medicaid bill, supported Rep. Cheikh Taylor's amendment to the House Medicaid legislation and asked the House to vote …

Rep. Jason White, R-West, developed the House Medicaid proposal, which would require the division to …

• February 14, 2018

Alexander FRE$CO, a hip-hop artist and Jackson native, released his new R&B-infused project, “Neon Nights,” …

• February 14, 2018

Sampling Jackson

Kreskin Torres pulls up a photo of a dish at 1693 Red Zone Grill on his phone: grilled fish and shrimp in a crawfish sauce on a bed of Cajun …

(From top left to bottom right) While in Jackson, Navalon app creator Kreskin Torres met …

• February 14, 2018

"Blue lights flashing on my block feel like a 'good thing' to me because it's …

• February 14, 2018

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Solution Isn’t Rocket Science; It’s Community

The more hands-off we are, the more we can find other people to blame for society's ills; the more we make selfishness a virtue, the less we actually act in …

"Blue lights flashing on my block feel like a 'good thing' to me because it's …

• February 14, 2018

City Contracting Battles: Veolia, Fisher Fight On

A month has passed since the City held its first Equal Business Opportunity Review Committee hearing to mediate a dispute between the larger Massachusetts-based company, Veolia North America - South, …

Veolia North America-South, LLC, already terminated its contract with Renna Fisher (left), who is the …

• February 14, 2018

Lacy Ellinwood

Lacy Ellinwood, development director at the Mississippi Library Commission and bass guitarist for local band Kicking, says today's librarians are not the librarians of the past.

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• February 14, 2018

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• February 14, 2018

Rep. Bill Kinkade, R-Byhalia, passed House Bill 1172 out of his committee. It gives MDOC …

• February 14, 2018

Decriminalizing Pot in the City

Jackson has become the latest city in the nation to propose legislation to decriminalize marijuana possession of 30 grams or less within city limits.

Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps proposed decriminalizing simple possession of marijuana in Jackson to free …

• February 14, 2018

Re-Entry Reforms Still Alive in Legislature

Mississippi can begin to look at justice reinvestment, and it should be a priority, Andre de Gruy, the state public defender who is also on the state's Corrections and Criminal …