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Healing Forces
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holiest day of the year for Jews. We spend it fasting and praying in hopes that we can be cleansed and absolved …
Johnson Questions Millsaps Police Study
Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. is implying that Ward 1 Councilman Jeff Weill has sidestepped the traditional administrative process by commissioning a survey related to the numbers of police officers …
Crashing the D.A.'s Party
It didn't take long for Frank Melton to come out of the closet on Election night as a primary force in Robert Smith's district attorney campaign. Raw footage of Smith's …
Media
C-L To Lay Off 20 Staffers
Editor and Publisher magazine is reporting the contents of a memo circulated by the Clarion-Ledger's current publisher, Larry Whitaker, to his staff. The memo was leaked earlier in the day …
Pallet Ping-Pong
Photos by Adam Lynch & Jaro Vacek
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is continuing the war with A-1 Pallet Company this week, saying he will move ahead with the proposed demolition of the company despite a strengthened restraining …
Save Me From The Old White Men
We hate fat people. Or rather, that is now what everyone in the blogosphere is screaming.
The MS State Legislature made The Smoking Gun today
Is Hillary Clinton's Candidacy Over?
Politico seems to think so, exposing what it calls "the Clinton myth", and explaining why they believe Barack Obama already has the nomination in a lockbox:
Mississippi Scores Low on ACT
ACT scores for the class of 2011 show Mississippi high school students lagging behind the rest of the country in preparing for college.
This Is What Ugly Looks Like, Folks
When I got in this morning, one of my writers had emailed me about a new Facebook page bashing the Jackson Free Press—apparently because the folks on it are sore …
Crisler: We Want Temp Worker Details Now
The Jackson City Council Budget Committee asked the Melton administration again Monday to cough up more information on its temporary and contract employees for the 2006-2007 fiscal year (PDF, 592 …
[BREAKING]: City Council Acquires Outside Counsel
In a special meeting this afternoon, City Council confirmed that City Attorney Sarah O'Reilly-Evans has been issued a check for around $45,000 for her work on the convention center bond. …
What does the term "Taking Back Our Country" Mean? And while we're at it…
... Can someone tell me why the folks who are "taking America back" are called "Patriots?" Why am I not one? and who are we "taking our country back from" …
Cops Vow to Air Dirty Laundry
The day after City Council refused to fund the promotions of Mayor Frank Melton's bodyguards, a local police union said today that talks with the mayor about the appointments were …
City to Consider Commuter Tax
Read the 2008 Census Report on commuter data.
Barbour Approval Rating Only 37 Percent
May 12, 2005–SurveyUSA has released its approval rating survey results conducted in all 50 states for May 10, 2005. 600 Mississippians were asked "Do you approve or disapprove of the …
Parking Battle in Fondren
Businesses in Fondren are skirmishing over limited parking space in the area. Managers and owners of businesses in Fondren Corner say the owners of Lenny's Sub Shop, on the other …
[Music] Goodbye, Voices
The band Guided by Voices has always had one of the great back stories in rock 'n' roll: a group of middle-aged men from blue-collar Dayton, Ohio, recording lo-fi albums …
Paying The Price: As Soldiers Are Buried, America Tunes Out
Thunder rumbles over Fort Carson as Pamela Knott weeps inside the Army base's chapel. Minutes later, she tells television and newspaper reporters that the pouring rain soothed her during the …
