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Large Companies Are Increasingly Offering Workers Only High Deductible Health Plans

Nearly a quarter of workers at companies with fewer than 200 workers were covered by high-deductible health plans last year, compared with 17 percent of workers at larger firms.

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Five to be Presented Hamer Humanitarian Awards

The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute will honor five people with its annual humanitarian awards on April 19 at Jackson State University.

Court to Hear Case of Woman Accused in Stillbirth

A dozen public health organizations and human rights advocates are supporting a Mississippi woman's fight to avoid prosecution for the stillborn death of her child.

High Court Poised to Upend Civil Rights Policies

Has the nation lived down its history of racism and should the law become colorblind? Addressing two pivotal legal issues, one on affirmative action and a second on voting rights, …

Drone Industry Worries About Privacy Backlash

In the not-so-distant future, aerial drones will be part of Americans' everyday lives.

Gay Marriage at High Court: How a Case Can Fizzle

Late in the oral argument over same-sex marriage in California, Justice Anthony Kennedy made a startling comment, given the months of buildup and mountain of legal briefs that have descended …

Patterson: Southern Hospitality Values

Plavise "Patti" Patterson may have grown up in Michigan, but she became an adult in Jackson. Now she's trying to return the favor and help bring Jackson to a role …

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Excerpts of Calif. Gay Marriage Case at High Court

Excerpts from the arguments before the Supreme Court on Tuesday about California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, from a transcript released by the Supreme Court.

Bars Test Limits of Legal-Marijuana Laws in WA, CO

John Connelly leaned forward on his barstool, set his lips against a clear glass pipe and inhaled a white cloud of marijuana vapor.

Hail Damage Leaves Local Body Shops Swamped

The hailstorm that blew through the greater Jackson area last Monday left vehicles dented, damaged and, in some cases, totaled.

Community Events and Public Meetings

A Medicaid Rally is March 27, 11 a.m., in the second floor rotunda at the Mississippi State Capitol.

A Colorblind Constitution: What Abigail Fisher's Affirmative Action Case Is Really About

When the NAACP began challenging Jim Crow laws across the South, it knew that, in the battle for public opinion, the particular plaintiffs mattered as much as the facts of …

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Ole Miss to Spend $6 Million to Design New Arena

The University of Mississippi is taking concrete steps toward building a new basketball arena.

Ex-lawmaker Wilkerson dies at 68

Former State Rep. Jerry E. Wilkerson, who served three terms in the Mississippi House and was a spokesman for the propane, petroleum and convenience store associations for 25 years, has …

Weeknight Warriors

The immediacy of music is one of the things that I find captivating about living in a city instead of the countryside or, say, a deserted island where the closest …

Taming the Television

Study after study shows that the amount of direct and indirect screen time is increasingly problematic for our children's development.

Francis Smith: Pastor and Politician

Francis Smith calls himself a non-politician. The pastor of Total Praise and Worship on Cedar Lane in south Jackson is taking to the campaign trail this spring though, as an …

Transocean CEO: Rig Workers Should Have Done More

Transocean employees should have done more to detect signs of trouble before the company's drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, killing 11 workers and triggering the …

Survey: Low-Wage Workers Gloomy About Future

America's lower-income workers have posted the biggest job gains since the deep 2007-09 recession—but few are bragging.

UPDATED: Mayoral Campaign Reports Raise Questions

Mississippi's Sunshine Law is designed to shed light on campaign finance, but Jacksonians have found themselves in the dark when it comes to the majority of candidates seeking to become …

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