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Arena Study Unveiled

After nearly five years of discussions, fundraising and bid evaluation, the city of Jackson finally has the results of a feasibility study for a new downtown arena.

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Hardwick: ‘A Grassroots Approach’

In her first political race, Jackson City Council candidate June Hardwick says she wants to put power back in the hands of the people.

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Matthew Furdge

Known in the hip-hop world as Krack Koke or simply Got Koke, Jackson native and music producer Matthew Furdge is nominated not once, but twice, for Best Rap Album at …

Bryant’s Health-Care Rhetoric Doesn’t Add Up

Insured people do go to doctors more often. That’s exactly the point.

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Tackling ‘Race’ at New Stage

Is racial prejudice a malignancy that lies in the remote far corners of the basement of all of our brains—even if only the size of a mustard seed—just waiting to …

Union Backers Say Nissan Threatens Plant Closure

Pro-union workers said Tuesday that Nissan Motor Co. has threatened to close its Canton assembly plant if workers vote for the United Auto Workers to represent them, though the company …

Crews Aim to Start Removing Oil from Damaged Barge

The Coast Guard says crews hope to start work Wednesday to remove thousands of gallons of oil from a damaged barge on the Mississippi River, but it's not clear how …

Slow U.S. Economic Growth in Q4 May Hide Strength

Most economists agree that Wednesday's snapshot of U.S. economic growth is going to look dismal.

GOP Lawmakers See Automatic Cuts as Leverage

Driven by frustration over deficits and debt, Republican conservatives are pushing a politically risky move to permit painfully large automatic spending cuts to strike the Pentagon and domestic programs alike …

1 Dead as Vast Storm Rakes South, Midwest

A large storm system packing high winds, hail and several possible tornadoes tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power …

Giffords to Speak at Senate Gun Violence Hearing

Wounded former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will appear as an unscheduled witness Wednesday at the year's first congressional hearing on curbing gun violence, adding drama to a session that was already …

US Economy Shrinks 0.1 Pct., 1st Time in 3½ Years

The U.S. economy unexpectedly shrank from October through December for the first time since 2009.

Bills Would Combine Miss. School Districts

Bills passed Tuesday by the Senate Education Committee would merge the Clay County and West Point school districts and give agricultural high schools in Coahoma and Hinds counties to the …

Scrap MAEP?

The Mississippi Adequate Education Program, a formula the state uses to level funding for the state's K-12 public schools, is wrong, according to state Auditor Stacey Pickering.

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Restaurants, SBA, BBB, New Paper Plant and Zippity Doo Dah

Babalu Tacos and Tapas led a December food drive that collected more than 1,000 cans of food for Stewpot Community Services.

D.J. Gregory

D.J. Gregory has loved golf since he was 9 years old, despite the fact that he was born with cerebral palsy, which prevents him from being able to play professionally.

Oil Leak: Miss. River at Vicksburg Remains Closed

Barges transporting commerce idled among the nearly four dozen vessels stacked up Tuesday along a normally bustling stretch of the Mississippi River, denied transit as crews feverishly sought to clean …

Officials Seek to Stop JSU from Opening in Madison

The city of Madison and Tulane University officials want the state College Board to rescind what they're calling the "premature" approval of Jackson State University's plans to open a Madison …

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Katrina's Scars Harder to See as Super Bowl Looms

New Orleans has celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina, but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 …