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Commission Denies Allstate 65 Percent Hike
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney sent a letter yesterday denying a request from Allstate Property and Insurance Co. to more than double rates for 51,000 residents state-wide, reports the Associated …
Gulf Storm Bringing Slow, Heavy Rains
Experts expect Tropical Depression 13 in the northern Gulf of Mexico to become a tropical storm today. The National Weather Service reports that this system will hit central Mississippi Saturday …
Medicare In Trouble, Thanks to Health Costs and New Medicare Law
Let me guess: federal tort reform is the cure-all? NY Times reports: "Medicare's financial condition has significantly deteriorated, partly because of exploding health costs and partly because of the new …
School Board Meeting Tonight
The JPS school board meets tonight at 5:30. Although there isn't anything on the schedule about selecting a sex-related education policy, there are only two scheduled board meetings before the …
Best Insult Ever
This post by a long-time JFP-despiser is so fabulous that I'm not sure what else to say. I'm taping it to my office door right now. :wow:
Photo Gallery: 2009 Miller Lite Crawfish Boil
So, JFP photographer extraordinaire Kenya Hudson shot some amazing photos at the Miller Lite Crawfish Boil this past weekend, which was a blast. Check out the gallery here.
City Candidate Pages on Jackpedia - Help Us Beef Them Up!
I've posted links to city candidate pages for this year's election on Jackpedia. All of you, whether you work with candidates or not, are welcome to register for Jackpedia and …
Saved by the Ring
Donnie Register, the Fondren business owner whose wedding ring deflected a bullet flying toward his head during an armed robbery, was featured on Good Morning America's "Around the Watercooler" segment …
Immigration Myths on Radio JFP
Join Todd Stauffer, Donna Ladd, Adam Lynch and Erik Fleming of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance today on WLEZ 103.7 FM at noon for a discussion of immigration myths and …
I Heart This: Obama Gives Biden Birthday Cupcakes
Reminds me of our office, and I love our office. ;-) CNN Political Ticker:
An Ole Miss punch to the gut, er, face
It's been a great year for my alma mater. With a presidential debate in September, an 8-4 football team heading into a prestigious bowl game, and the announcement of our …
Move Over, Boys
Lakshmi Chaudhr writes: "Whether she is a divorced waitress in Harlem, a welfare mom in Iowa, or that thirty-something singleton sipping a Cosmopolitan at your local bar, the unmarried woman …
Odds of V.P. Palin Becoming President
I just saw a report that 30 percent of vice presidents have become president. Gulp. This is what Roger Cohen of the New York Times says about the odds:
McCain's $500-Welfare Rumor Is False
The Associated Press allowed Sen. John McCain to start a false rumor asserting "welfare" based on flatly false information, and that rumor is swirling. Per Media Matters:
Wayne Dowdy Will Worry State GOP
Clarion-Ledger columnist Sid Salter writes that new Mississippi Democratic Party head Wayne Dowdy will worry the state Republicans: "Dowdy is a formidable opponent in every sense of the term. He's …
Gary Anderson confident about run-off
Gary Anderson, who could become the first African-American elected to state office since Reconstruction, told the Mississippi Link that he is confident about the Aug. 26 run-off with Rob Smith, …
Tyner Accuses Barbour of Gambling Ties
From a Tyner statement, quoted by the Magnolia Report: "'Somehow, Mr. Barbour believes it is morally sound to expand gambling nationwide, even within miles of our state's border, but we …
Call Him Mr. Interception
Is this the end for Brett Favre? The Green Bay quarterback threw four interceptions in the Packers' 24-17 loss to the Chicago Bears on Sunday. And, for the second straight …
