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City & County
Country Club Plan Lands in the Hazard, Arts Lofts Get New Life
Residents living near Colonial Country Club concerned about a proposed development in their north Jackson neighborhood can breathe a little easier—for now. The Jackson City Council has shelved a request …
Business
New Resort Plan Satisfies Hal & Mal’s
Malcolm White is backing down from threats he made about moving Hal & Mal's out of Jackson, thanks to recent action the Jackson City Council took to squelch a controversy …
State
Can MTC Fix Woodville Prison?
A Utah-based private-prison firm hopes that it can turn things around at the Wilkinson County Correctional Center in Woodville.
Business
With Safety History, is Yokohama a Good Deal?
After a day-long special legislative session and an announcement in West Point on Monday, April 29, a deal to bring a Yokohoma Tire Co. manufacturing plant to northwest Mississippi is …
City & County
Valley Title Building Has New Owner, No Water
The long-dormant Valley Title Building, located at 315 Tombigbee St., will not have taxpayer-paid utility services—but it does have a new owner. However, officials from Hinds County, which owns the …
Politics
Dems, Tea Party: Hosemann MIA on Voter Fraud Allegations
Democrats and tea-party conservatives took Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann to task for not looking more closely at charges of voter fraud.
Health Care
Report: State's Uninsured Decline Lags Rest of Nation
The uninsured rate in Mississippi and other states that have resisted expanding health-care access is falling slower compared to states that have expanded Medicaid, a new report from the U.S. …
Candidate
Hinds Dem Runoff Today: McQuirter v. Robinson, Baker v. Maldonado
In the absence of serious Republican opposition in most corners of Hinds County, Democratic primary battles can often get nasty and divisive. The contest for the safely Democratic District 2 …
City & County
JPD Uses Feds’ Technology to Fight Crime, Breaks Water Theft Case
The brass at the Jackson Police Department are crowing about ending 2015 with crime in a continued free fall and some new technology helping officers solving crime.
Crime
Ex-Prisoners Get a Boost Amid MDOC Turmoil
Re-entry has to come into focus recently as the number of people let out of prison in Mississippi, which has one of the nation's highest imprisonment rates, is on the …
Politics
Miss. Politics: Where the Sun Don’t Shine
Comparatively speaking, Mississippi does a poor job regulating political spending and granting access to government, national watchdog groups say.
State
Mayfield, McDaniel Supporter and Attorney, Dies
A tea party official charged with conspiring to take photos of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's wife inside a nursing home apparently committed suicide Friday, police said, days after Cochran won …
City & County
Jackson's Water Woes Continue
Jackson taxpayers will pay an out-of-state contractor at least $200,000 to audit several aspects of the city’s water-and-sewer finances. After shelving discussion last week to get more details, the Jackson …
City & County
Troubled Water, Part I: Explaining Jackson's $91 Million Siemens Contract
It's almost impossible to turn on the nightly local television news without coming across a story of a Jackson resident who was shocked to open an astronomically high City of …
Education
Leveling the Education Playing Field
Mississippi's legislative leaders promised a whirlwind session heavily focused on education issues. Based on the volume of education-related bills flying out of the Capitol, they appear to be achieving that …
Development
At Capitol, Much at Stake for Jackson
With a renewed push underway for a local-option sales tax, Jackson could at last get some aid in paying for maintenance projects the city has in the works.
Economy
As Rates Soar, Kemper’s Investors Cash In
After several credit downgrades and gloomy financial forecasts, the balance sheets of utility companies constructing a 580-megawatt coal power plant in eastern Mississippi are improving as their ratepayers are saddled …
Health Care
Dems Offer Medicaid Deal; Bryant Rejects
Mississippi Democrats continue to extend olive branches to legislative Republicans to find ways to accept federal Medicaid money.
Crime
Night Riders
For almost one year, Dominick and his peers conspired to "willfully cause bodily injury to, and through the use of dangerous weapons, attempt to cause bodily injury to African American …
Politics
Making Mississippi 420 Friendly
The potential of cannabis as an appetite stimulant is among the key arguments from proponents of rolling back legal restrictions for marijuana for its medicinal purposes.
