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APNewsBreak: Bryant's Staff Urged DPS to Stall

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's staff suggested that the Department of Public Safety should delay fulfilling requests for gun permit records until a law could be enacted to shield them from …

Mississippi Jobless Rate Jumps Sharply in January

Mississippi's unemployment jumped to 9.3 percent in January, wiping out almost a year's worth of job gains.

Fred Thomas

Mississippi State University won its opening round game of the SEC Tournament with a 70-59 victory over the University of South Carolina Gamecocks.

JATRAN Station in Trouble?

Construction has hit a snag on the new JATRAN facility at U.S. Highway 80 and Valley Street—a facility that the city considers crucial to the revitalization of the Highway 80 …

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Miss. Gov. Signs Bill for Student-Led School Prayer

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that could lead to student-led prayer over school intercoms or at graduations or sporting events.

Obama Pushing Research for Weaning Vehicles Off Oil

President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to authorize $200 million a year for research into clean energy technologies.

Argentines Celebrate Francis As Their 'Slum Pope'

For more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide, he's Pope Francis. For Argentina's poorest citizens, crowded in "misery villages" throughout the capital, he's proudly known as one of their own, …

U.N. Says U.S. Drones Violate Pakistan's Sovereignty

The head of a U.N. team investigating casualties from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan declared after a secret research trip to the country that the attacks violate Pakistan's sovereignty.

Md. Poised to Be 18th State to Ban Death Penalty

It's been eight years since Maryland executed a convicted killer, but that could be the last time if the General Assembly, as expected, gives final passage this week to a …

Lawmakers Want Obama to Follow Up Outreach Effort

At a recent gathering of House committee and subcommittee chairmen, Republican lawmakers were asked if they could name the legislative affairs staffer at the White House responsible for staying in …

Sharp Drop in U.S. Homes Lost to Foreclosure in Feb.

While the nation's foreclosure woes persist, new data show they're easing amid a resurgent housing market, rising home prices and efforts by some states to buy homeowners more time to …

Applications for U.S. Jobless Aid Reach 5-Year Low

Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, reducing the average number of weekly applications last month to a five-year low.

Board Setting New School Rating System for 2012-13

Graduation rates will make a difference this year in how Mississippi high schools and school districts are rated.

It's the Weekend!

On Saturday, the Mal's St. Paddy's Parade is in downtown Jackson.

Thomas Mosley

What's good for the heart is also good for the brain. That premise connects the work of Thomas Mosley to traditional medicine, which is concerned with treating ailments of the …

Jacksonian Receives New Liver at UMMC

Karen Battle barely had the energy to lift her feet high enough to clear an ordinary street curb just a few weeks ago. Liver disease had ravaged her health and …

Four of 35 city council candidates file finance reports

The first round of campaign finance reports were due on Jan. 31, and just four of the 35 candidates for city council submitted one.

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Johnson Leads Jackson Money Race

Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. has a lead on his on challengers in campaign funds and newcomer Jonathan Lee has spent the most money, but nothing is known about the other …

10 Local Stories of the Week

There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.

Miss. Governor: No Local Bans on XL Food Portions

In the most obese state in the nation, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says he'll sign a new law to prevent cities or counties from banning extra-large soft drinks or requiring …