Jackson Free Press

Ever-Changing Grade System for Public Schools in Flux Again

Mississippi's system for assigning A-to-F letter grades to public schools keeps changing, and it looks like the state may have to reset the scale again in 2018.

The U.S. Department of Education rejected parts of Mississippi's system in December. Mississippi is among …

• January 19, 2018

New Trump Office Would Protect Conscience Rights of Doctors

Reinforcing its strong connection with social conservatives, the Trump administration announced Thursday a new federal office to protect medical providers refusing to participate in abortion, assisted suicide or other procedures …

Reinforcing its strong connection with social conservatives, the Trump administration announced Thursday a new federal …

• January 18, 2018

Governors Ask Trump, Congress to Do More on Opioid Crisis

Less than three months after President Donald Trump declared the U.S. opioid crisis a public health emergency, the nation's governors are calling on his administration and Congress to provide more …

Trump's emergency declaration came in response to recommendations from a commission he appointed to address …

• January 18, 2018

House Votes to Scrap MAEP, Rewrite Ed Formula By 12-Vote Margin

After four hours of debate and 17 rejected Democratic amendments, the Mississippi House of Representatives voted mainly along partisan lines to scrap the Mississippi Adequate Education Program in favor of …

House Education Chairman Richard Bennett, R-Long Beach, would not support any of the 17 amendments …

• January 18, 2018

City Hall and Schools Reopen as Pipe Repairs Continue

The City of Jackson and Jackson Public Schools reopened today after being closed this week in the face of the wintry weather in Jackson and beyond.

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba underscored the necessity to invest in Jackson's aging infrastructure that his …

• January 18, 2018

Better Sans Ezra

Better Than Ezra fans will hear plenty of hit songs when the band's frontman, Kevin Griffin, performs solo on Jan. 19 in Jackson. However, not all of those familiar tunes …

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• January 18, 2018

Trump Adds Confusion to Government Shutdown Concern

Injecting confusion into already perilous shutdown negotiations, President Donald Trump undercut his own administration's stance by tweeting Thursday that a children's health insurance program should not be part of a …

Injecting confusion into already perilous shutdown negotiations, President Donald Trump undercut his own administration's stance …

• January 18, 2018

Three Republicans Now in Race for US House Seat in Mississippi

Three Republicans have now qualified to run for an open congressional seat in Mississippi.

Michael Guest of Brandon, a district attorney, entered the race Jan. 5, one day after …

• January 17, 2018

OPINION: A Student of Life

Truth is the truth whether you sugarcoat it or not. It doesn't change the facts if you write it down on a notepad with hearts and smiles, won't change the …

If we know that life is a constant lesson, we must also understand that we …

• January 17, 2018