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Dem Head: Hinds GOP Didn't Provide Poll Books to Check Voters

The head of the Mississippi Democratic Party is charging that the state Republican Executive Committee failed to have Democratic poll books on hand during the June 24 Republican Party runoff …

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McDaniel Attorney Mitch Tyner Expects to Find 6,700 Bad Votes Cast for Cochran

McDaniel campaign attorney Mitch Tyner says he believes at least 6,700 fraudulent votes were cast in the Republican primary run-off, enough to negate Thad Cochran's win.

Climate Change Hits America in the Gut

Climate change is creating significant new risks for the $65-billion-a-year U.S. corn industry, foundation for the nation's favorite soft drink sweetener—corn syrup—says a report released today by Ceres, a coalition …

People of the Day: U.S. Supreme Court

The issue in more than four dozen lawsuits from faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that oppose some or all contraception as immoral is how far the Obama administration must go …

Australia Returns Asylum Seekers to Sri Lanka

Australia's government confirmed Monday that it had handed over a boatload of asylum seekers to Sri Lankan authorities in a transfer at sea.

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.

U.S. Hiring Surges as Unemployment Dips to 6.1 Pct.

U.S. employers accelerated their hiring last month, adding a robust 288,000 jobs and helping drive the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the lowest since September 2008.

Activism on Social Media

Although nothing compares to actively seeking change in the community, real-time exposure to important issues is the first way many individuals learn of social injustices across the world.

Often-Split Court Agrees Your Privacy Matters

Supreme Court justices found more common ground than usual this year, and nowhere was their unanimity more surprising than in a ruling that police must get a judge's approval before …

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.

Local Spirit: Jackson Businesses Struggle, Survive and Thrive

Unlike national and corporate chains, local businesses often do not have the same funds and resources. A relationship with the City of Jackson could be what keeps the lights on …

Thank You, Jackson

Witnessing the Mississippi business community coming together to speak out against discrimination of any kind through the lens of being a business owner in the LGBTQ community makes it all …

Local Biz Is Standing By

What if I told you there is something you can do that would put more money in your community? Something that would help your neighbors, your friends, your spouses in …

The Sales Tax’s Ripple Effects

A legislative change to Jackson's 1-percent sales-tax law would prevent a retail price increase on beer and light wine, the trade association that lobbied for the legal change said.

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Think National, Shop Local

Local businesses help us build and keep wealth in our community.

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Support Local Arts

Sometimes, when you've built something up for a while, it doesn't live up to what you expect. However, when it comes to Jackson's artist community, it always delivers the goods.

One Editor Convicted, One Cleared in UK Scandal

It was a simple trick—punching in passcodes to listen to messages left on other people's phones. For years the illegal technique, known as phone hacking, helped Britain's News of the …

La Finestra Pizzeria, The Courtyard and Carnegie Training

Not even a year after opening Italian restaurant La Finestra in the Plaza Building downtown, local chef Tom Ramsey is already preparing to bring another new restaurant to Jackson, this …

Thomas Roots

Interior designer and stylist Thomas Roots—who has collaborated with the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Johnnie Cochran and Shemar Moore—is bringing a new venture to Jackson that promises to give clients …

Justices Limit Existing EPA Global Warming Rules

The Supreme Court on Monday placed limits on the sole Obama administration program already in place to deal with power plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.