Jackson Free Press

EDITORIAL: City Contracting Is a Mess, Must Be Repaired

It didn't take two women who can't get payment for hauling nasty sludge from a wastewater-treatment plant to convince the Jackson Free Press that the City's contracting system is a …

The City must focus immediately on repairing the contracting problem it inherited. It has never …

• January 31, 2018

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OPINION: The Battle for Clear Water and Control in Jackson

Recently, the Jackson City Council dropped its appeal to block the West Rankin Utility Authority from building its own wastewater facility in lieu of using Jackson's Savanna Street treatment plant. …

The city abandoning its appeal against the WRUA constitutes a surrender in a political and …

• January 31, 2018

EDITOR'S NOTE: Fresh Eyes on the Capital City

When dancers in the USA International Ballet Competition refer to the competition in Jackson (which, by the way, is the only one of its kind in the U.S.), they simply …

Best of Jackson is always both a fun and tedious experience. There is a lot …

• January 31, 2018

OPINION: Jackson is the ‘Sole’ of Mississippi

Jackson is the only city in Mississippi referred to as the "capital," the only one with a star or some symbol that indicates its presence on a map, the largest …

At some point, everyone in the area has to travel to or through Jackson to …

• January 31, 2018

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• January 31, 2018

A Story of Healing and Hip-hop

Jackson rapper 808 tha BASS performs his one-man show, “My Story,” on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Russell C. Davis Planetarium.

Jackson rapper 808 tha BASS performs his one-man show, “My Story,” on Saturday, Feb. 3, …

• January 31, 2018

A Super Bowl for the Super Hungry

Here are just a few places in the capital city where you can grab a bite to eat, a beer to drink and a good seat for Super Bowl LII …

Many restaurants, bars and other venues around Jackson will be hosting events on Sunday, Feb. …

• January 31, 2018

Good Faith, Bad Faith: City Contract Controversies Explode ... Again

Arneedra Smith-Gaddis seemed nervous when she stepped to the microphone in City Hall on Jan. 3, but Bridgette Gandy looked more composed. The two women subcontractors were there, separately, to …

Bridgette Gandy, an environmental consultant, also told the city council on Jan. 3 that Fisher …

• January 31, 2018