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Be Smarter, Jackson
The political gamesmanship has begun. It's nearly seven months until our next municipal elections and, already, folks are jockeying for position.
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The Dark Side
It was decades ago, but I'll never forget that night. I'm glad I wrote the details down in a journal.
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Entry Plan Highlights
Dr. Cedrick Gray's entry plan focuses on engaging the following three groups (JPS's Board of Trustees & superintendent's staff, Community leaders, Legislative (city & state) members with parents, and school …
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Today: "A Daring Life" Author Signing
"A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty" profiles the Jackson author, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
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Local Artist Maximizes Color in His Work
By latashawillisDaniel MacGregor is an abstract artist and photographer with a studio in Flowood, and one thing I look forward to daily is seeing what painting he will share next on Facebook. HIs Facebook page has hit the 1000-like benchmark for good reason: his paintings are vivid and rememberable. A common theme of his is a landscape of trees with a rainbow sky in the background - my personal favorite. He sometimes asks Facebook visitors to name his painting, so I like this level of interactivity between artist and viewer.
MacGregor also offers acrylic painting classes every Thursday from 7-9 p.m. The classes are only $15, and you get $5 off if you bring your own 11-by-14-inch canvas. More details here. Sounds like a good way to spend an evening!
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Health-Care Corridor Plan Coming
The Jackson Medical Mall and its partners are almost ready to present a completed strategic plan for the Jackson Health-Care Corridor to the public.
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More Water, Sewer, But No Raises
Major increases in water and sewer spending and no raises for city employees were on the docket when Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. unveiled his budget proposal for the upcoming …
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Sheka Epps
These days, Sheka Epps enjoys her successes. But the businesswoman and prize-winning platform hair stylist had to overcome some life-altering obstacles to get here.
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Editor's Note
A More Intolerant Nation
This week, a local dentist showed up on Facebook agitated that we had dared publish a story about guns in a public-health context.
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Honky Tonk Night
Just when you thought things couldn't get any hotter this summer, Pryor and the Tombstones will heat up the stage as the featured performers at the C Spire Summer Music …
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The JFP Interview with JPS Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray
The atmosphere at the Jackson State University e-Center on Aug. 2 was more like a wedding reception than a welcoming for a public school superintendent.
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10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories people will be talking about today.
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UM Physics Researchers Contribute to Higgs Boson Discovery
Researchers in the University of Mississippi Department of Physics played major roles in the research and discovery of the Higgs boson,
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'Obamacare' Still Might Not Cover Many Working Mississippians
Many working parents are below the federal poverty line but don't qualify for Medicaid, a decades-old state-federal insurance program. That's especially true in states where conservative governors say they'll reject …
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Madison Attorney Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud
Michael E. Earwood, 60, an attorney from Madison, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of bankruptcy fraud.
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Salon: 'Paul Ryan Didn't Build That'
By Todd StaufferLost in some of the Rand/Medicare/Taxes discussion of Rep. Paul Ryan was a glib line that he's now offered a few times on the stump, taking President Obama's "You Didn't Build That" line out of context to suggest that Obama was saying that small businesses didn't build their businesses.
The irony is two-fold (a.) Ryan has spent his adult entire career working in government in Washington, aside from a year he listed as a "marketing consultant" for his family's company and (b.) his family business, Ryan Incorporated, began in the 1800s building railroads for the government, switched to roads and highways (for the) government in the 20th century, had a hand in building O'Hare in Chicago, and more recently has made a a fair bit of scratch on defense contracts. In other words, the family fortune has done just fine by way of the government and, particularly, the infrastructure that Obama was talking about when Ryan misquoted him.
A current search of Defense Department contracts suggests that “Ryan Incorporated Central” has had at least 22 defense contracts with the federal government since 1996, including one from 1996 worth $5.6 million. … Mr. Anti-Spending secured millions in earmarks for his home state of Wisconsin, including, among other things, $3.3 million for highway projects. And Ryan voted to preserve $40 billion in special subsidies for big oil, an industry in which, it so happens, Ryan and his wife hold ownership stakes.
Speaking of his wife, Janna Ryan was a D.C. lobbyist before she became the "stay at home mom" that she has been introduced as -- for big pharma, big oil, "nuclear waste issues," health insurance and the cigar lobby, as they fought to keep the same warnings off cigars that cigarettes have.
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Jackson Ranks in Top 100 Metro Economies
Jackson ranks 89th out of Top 100 Metro Economies, according to U.S. Conference of Mayors report.
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10 Things to Know for Tuesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories people will be talking about today.
