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City & County
New JATRAN Changes Start This Week
A number of changes are coming to the capital city's mass-transit service, JATRAN, starting on Oct. 1, city officials say.
City & County
City Wrap-Up: Thalia Mara's Cheap(er) Seats, Lakeland Costco Officially Dead
Thalia Mara Hall has seen some ups and downs in the past year. The down times have included a nearly yearlong construction period as Jackson's opera house underwent a $5 …
City & County
Voter ID Suffers Big Blows
State requirements for citizens to present government-issued identification suffered several setbacks this week.
City & County
The Blueprint
The capital city wants legislative funding to pay for emergency services the city provides to state buildings and agencies, to move to elected school-board members and the ability to appoint …
LGBT
Looking Way, Way Into Gay Marriage's Future in Mississippi
Predictably, U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves—as most federal judges appointed by Presidents Clinton and Obama did before him—last night ruled that same-sex couples in Mississippi should be allowed to marry.
Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence: From #WhyIStayed to #HowILeft
After the video surfaced of Ray Rice's assault of his now-wife, Janay, and people on the Internet started asking questions that sounded an awful lot like victim-blaming, an author named …
Civil Rights
Ferguson: An American Moment
What started organically in Ferguson with mad, disconnected young African American boys and girls, as a series of unorganized nightly actions, has matured over the past 100 days into a …
City & County
Westward Expansion
West Jackson is full of the kinds of challenges that social-science careers are built on, and the master plan takes all of it into account.
Books
Pitts: The South is Overdue for Reckoning
Leonard Pitts Jr. will sign copies of Grant Park at Lemuria Books on Nov. 18 at 5 p.m. He recently spoke to the Jackson Free Press about race, writing and …
Cover
Inside The Abortion Clinic Battle
Emily Lyons arrived at work early the morning of Jan. 30, 1998.
State
Finger Scanners Spark Concerns
Parents and child-care providers have concerns about a new state program that requires a finger scan when picking up or dropping off kids at day care.
Education
Why Are Our Kids Last?
Jackson-area child advocacy organizations say Mississippi's kids don't have to be in last place.
Education
War on Saggy Pants, Colorful Shoes
For the second time this week, local officials made headlines for their reactions to children's clothing styles.
Business
The Odd Way UMMC Buys Stuff
The quagmire that ensnared Jackson mayoral candidate Jonathan Lee's family business, Mississippi Products, raises questions about the relationships between government agencies, group purchasing organizations and intermediary distributors such as MPI.
Business
Kemper County Knew It: Plant Won't be Ready On Time
Residents of Kemper County suspected, and now Mississippi Power is confirming, that the utility's 582-megawatt power plant will not be complete by May 2014.
City & County
Ripple Effects of ‘One Lake’
Fifty years ago, completion of the Ross Barnett Reservoir changed the ecology of the Pearl River. Conservationists fear that a flood-control plan now underway would alter it again.
State
Enviros: Drilling Will Hurt Economy
As conservationists continue to fight the state's plan to open Mississippi waters to natural-gas drilling, one their key sticking points has to do with the economy rather than the environment.
Person of the Day
Charles E. Cobb Jr.
Charles Cobb's grandmother was from Greenville, but Cobb, a Washington, D.C., native, got his introduction to Mississippi the same way as many Americans who had never traveled to the South: …
City & County
JPD's Vance OKs Moonlighting, Vehicle Use as Officer Retention Strategy
Lee Vance, the chief of the Jackson Police Department, is getting creative to keep his officers from jumping ship and going to other law-enforcement agencies where they can make more …
City & County
Council to Consider Losing Bidder for Sludge Removal Work
The losing bidder for a multimillion-dollar sludge-hauling contract may get an up or down vote at Tuesday's city council meeting.
