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JRA Could Bail Out City on Farish Problems
City of Jackson and the Jackson Redevelopment Authority officials say the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development seems open to granting those bodies an extension to come up with …
Politics
Legislative Update: Medical Cannabis, Booze
Josh Harkins' Senate Bill 2745 revises the state's list of Schedule I controlled substances to exclude low doses of cannabidiol.
City & County
Siemens Reboots, Council Critics Remain Skeptical
Jackson council members are cautiously optimistic as Mayor Tony Yarber's administration lifts a work stoppage for the beleaguered Siemens water-meter upgrade project.
City & County
Will JRA Dump Farish Property?
As the Farish Street revitalization project remains stalled amid legal wrangling and in need of costly temporary repairs, some members of the Jackson Redevelopment Authority are tossing around a new …
JFP Interviews
Fuller: ‘Progressive, Sustainable Change’
Henry Fuller recently talked to the Jackson Free Press about stepping out from the behind the scenes to serve on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.
City & County
UPDATED: Stealth Whitwell Write-in Campaign: 'You Can't Do It'
Jackson residents waging an underground write-in mayoral campaign for Ward 1 Councilman Quentin Whitwell are wasting their time, individuals familiar with Mississippi election law say.
State
Renewed Smoking Ban Afoot
Sen. Briggs Hobson, R-Vicksburg, has introduced the Mississippi Uniform Smoke-Free Public Place Act of 2013, which bans smoking in most public places.
Business
Waging Battle Against the Minimum Wage
Today, the campaign for $15 has spread to 150 cities and 33 countries. City councils in Seattle and San Francisco have raised the minimum wage to $15 in those cities.
City & County
Jailhouse Blues: Is Help on the Way for the Raymond Detention Center?
In 2006, the U.S. Justice Department estimated that more than 50 percent of all prisoners have some type of mental health issue. For incarcerated women, the percentage is closer to …
Personhood
'Crucial' Win for Clinic
Federal Judge Dan Jordan handed down a ruling moments delivering "crucial temporary protection" to the Jackson Women's Health Organization, the state's only abortion clinic
Justice
Mississippi Sued Again for Prison Conditions
A rat infestation at Meridian's East Mississippi Correctional Facility has gotten so bad that some of the prisoners have adopted the disease-carrying vermin as pets, sometimes taking them on walks …
National
GOP Divided in Mississippi, Nationwide
If one lesson that came out of the recent showdown over opening the federal government and paying the nation's bills, it's that deep fissures persist within the Republican Party.
State
County Jail Remains a Problem
Hinds County officials are playing down recent events at the Raymond Detention Center, characterizing the troubles as part and parcel of the business of running a jail.
City & County
Questions Loom for Jackson, JSU Football
JSU announced Dec. 18 that it would replace Rick Comegy and, less than one month later, unveiled Harold Jackson.
Friends Mourn JSU NAACP President's Death
Friends are remembering Michael Teasley for his loyalty and activism.
Politics
Factcheck: Morris, Nunnelee Debate in Oxford
On Oct. 25, incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee (1st District) met Democratic challenger Brad Morris, an Oxford attorney, at the University of Mississippi for a half-hour face-off.
National
Make Sure Your Vote Counts
The NAACP's Protect The Vote program is designed to educate voters and volunteers about voting rights in Mississippi.
Politics
Shotgun Blues
Democratic lawmakers are questioning why the Mississippi Legislature is getting a funding boost when other agency budgets are shrinking. Democrats point to this year's $30 million legislative operations budget.
City & County
Fear Stymies HIV/AIDS Prevention
Othor Cain, chairman of the board of directors at Jackson-based HIV/AIDS nonprofit Grace House, pointed to the upward trend in HIV infection rates for men, particularly black men who have …
Education
Poor Schools Struggle to Fill Funding Gaps
JPS Superintendent Dr. Cedrick Gray and other school superintendents say that because Mississippi isn't fully funding its education formula, their districts have fewer classroom aides, larger class sizes, outdated computers …
