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SD College Tests Fingerprint Purchasing Technology
Futurists have long proclaimed the coming of a cashless society, where dollar bills and plastic cards are replaced by fingerprint and retina scanners smart enough to distinguish a living, breathing …
BP Civil Settlement Remains Elusive as Trial Nears
The U.S. Justice Department and the five Gulf coast states affected by a massive oil spill nearly three years ago have indicated they would like to settle their environmental and …
Bodysoul
Positive Discipline
It is a truth almost universally acknowledged that everyone is a better parent before they have kids.
Film
Anita's Oscar Picks
If movies provide a lens into our cultural soul, what do this year's Academy Award nominees say about the past year?
Politics
No Money, No Luck
A common refrain throughout Mississippi's legislative session so far has involved, for better or worse, the outsourcing of certain government functions to private entities.
Miss. Lawmakers OK tTx Rebates for Outlet Mall
The Mississippi House on Monday gave final approval to a bill that would provide sales tax rebates to the developer of an $80 million outlet mall scheduled to open in …
Education
Senate Rethinks School Board Elections
The state Senate changed its plans Thursday on a bill that would have created elections for all school board members.
Unyielding GOP Politicians Doing What Voters Ask
In his State of the Union address this week, Obama laid out an ambitious agenda that includes gun control, raising the minimum wage, allowing most of the 11 million illegal …
Cover
From Punishment to Healing: Moving Mental-Health Care Home
Jennifer Michaels traces her mental-health problems back to Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, when she was 12 years old.
Comcast Doubles Down on TV in $16.7B Deal for NBCU
Comcast's $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of TV, even as the growth of …
Military Weighs Cutbacks, Shifts in Drone Programs
The Pentagon for the first time is considering scaling back the massive buildup of drones it has overseen in the past few years, both to save money and to adapt …
3 Dead in Courthouse Shooting in Delaware
Motivated by a yearslong custody dispute, a gunman opened fire Monday morning in a Delaware courthouse lobby just as the building was opening to the public for the day, exchanging …
NYC, New England Brace for Snowstorms
Snow begins to fall at the start of what's predicted to be a massive, possibly historic blizzard.
Music
An Introduction
If you've picked up one of the last few issues of the Jackson Free Press—and that's likely since you're reading this one—you might have seen one of my music reviews …
Stinker Quote of the Week: "Letter C"
House Bill 490, which died in committee this week, proposes creating a government commission to examine federal laws and decide whether Mississippi and Mississippians should have to follow those laws.
City & County
Hometown Candidate
When Courtney Walker was 14, one of the local TV channels came to his central Jackson neighborhood and interviewed him. The focus of the story was crime, as it is …
No. 1 Recruit Nkemdiche Picks Mississippi
The consensus top recruit in the nation Robert Nkemdiche will attend Mississippi.
Small Ala. Town: Relief that Child Hostage is Safe
A 5-year-old boy was back with his ecstatic family and playing with his toy dinosaur after his nearly weeklong ordeal as a hostage in an underground bunker was ended by …
State
Hinds E911 Fund Almost Empty
Hinds County's emergency-communications system is in a state of financial emergency.
