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House GOP Puts Forth New Demands to Delay Obamacare; Senate Dems Reject Them Outright
Locked in a deepening struggle with President Barack Obama, House Republicans demanded a one-year delay in major parts of the nation's new health care law and permanent repeal of a …
Federal Gulf Oil Spill Trial Resumes
Billions of dollars are at stake as the federal trial resumes over the 2010 disaster.
Federal Gov't Edges to Shutdown Over Health Care
The Senate has the next move on budget legislation that has fueled a bitter dispute over President Barack Obama's signature health care law.
Obama to Meet with Netanyahu, Iran Likely Topic
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at a time that the three-decade estrangement between the United States and Iran may be nearing an end.
Chemical Weapons Inspectors Outline Syria Plan
Inspectors who will oversee Syria's destruction of its chemical weapons said Sunday their first priority is to help the country scrap its ability to manufacture such arms by a Nov. …
Evelyn Lowery
Civil rights and women's empowerment activist Evelyn Lowery, wife of the Rev. Joseph Lowery, died in her Georgia home Thursday, Sept. 26.
Business
The Impact and Echoes of the Wal-Mart Discrimination Case
When the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 5-4 decision in Wal-Mart v. Dukes in June 2011, no one needed a Richter scale to know it was a Big One.
Egypt Erupts with Protests Demanding Morsi Ouster
Hundreds of thousands thronged the streets of Cairo and cities around the country Sunday and marched on the presidential palace, filling a broad avenue for blocks, in an attempt to …
House Takes Up Own Immigration Fix, No Citizenship
The Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said Sunday that any attempt at comprehensive immigration legislation cannot offer a "special pathway to citizenship" for those in the United States …
Obama Asserts Mandela's Values are Africa's Future
Challenging African youth to seize a "moment of great promise," President Barack Obama declared Sunday that the future of the young and growing continent still rests in ailing South African …
Texas Filibuster Star Davis Still Weighing Future
State Sen. Wendy Davis, whose filibuster against Texas abortion restrictions gained her national fame, insists Democrats will be competitive in next year's statewide races but hasn't decided whether she'll be …
Person of the Day
Chad Shealy
Chad Shealy, principal at Gary Road Intermediate School in Byram, received a statewide honor June 21 when the Mississippi Board of Education named him the 2013 Mississippi Administrator of the …
Health Care
With a Little Planning, Women Can Get Emergency Contraceptives for Free
Women of all ages will soon be able to pick up emergency contraceptive pills at pharmacies and other stores without a prescription or proof of age.
State
Hinds Board Seats Interim Supes
This morning, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors approved interim appointments to the vacant District 2 and District 4 seats.
Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
A Fourth of July Celebration will be held from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Mississippi Craft Center. Includes craft demonstrations, a performance from the Choctaw Indians' Red Water Social Dancers, food …
Residents Say Sinkhole's Gotten Bigger
Residents of a north Jackson neighborhood say a sinkhole has gotten bigger over the past two weeks. And local residents say despite barricades being in place, a 6-year-old boy had …
Politics
It's Official: Lumumba Sworn In
More than 2,000 Jacksonians attended the inauguration of Chokwe Lumumba and seven members of the City Council Monday at the Jackson Convention Center Complex.
Lumumba Celebrates Inauguration
Monday was a big day for Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, and it ended in style with the People's Inaugural Reception at the Jackson Convention Center Complex.
Plaintiffs Say Judge Can Block Open-Carry Gun Law
People who want to block Mississippi's open-carry gun law say the state Supreme Court shouldn't kill their effort.
Miss. Tax Receipts Approach $5 Billion in FY2013
Mississippi's tax revenues have recovered from the recession, approaching the $5 billion mark for the first time.
