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City & County
Protecting Children: New Leader, New Challenges
Almost 6,000 children are in the state's custody, and some of them are backlogged in the system, newly appointed commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services Jess Dickinson …
National
Trump, GOP Tax Plan Cuts Rates, Nearly Doubles Deduction
President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are proposing a far-reaching plan Wednesday that would cut taxes for individuals and corporations, simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction …
World
Mexico Tallying the Economic Cost of Big Earthquake
Mexican officials are tallying up the economic losses of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that caused widespread damage in the capital, as the number of buildings that may need to be …
Economy
State Economic Growth Lags, As Agencies Request More Funding
From public safety to education, several large state agencies asked top lawmakers for more funding last week. Based on the State of Mississippi's economic outlook, however, more funding does not …
JFP
Rogues' Gallery: Fun, Creative Ways Critics Went After the JFP Over 15 Years
Critics have gone after the JFP in quite a number of ways over the years. Here are just a few of them.
Crime
UPDATED: Darnell Turner Gets 45 Years, Judge Brings Up DA Smith
The young woman who accused Darnell Turner of beating her, dragging her, strangling her, shooting at her car, and dangling her off a bridge in the Washington Addition when she …
JFP
Most Viral, Impactful Stories in the First 15 Years of the Jackson Free Press
The JFP has gotten hundreds of thousands of page views for our top-viewed stories since we started tracking a decade or so ago. Here are our biggest stories ever, and …
City & County
Aaron Banks: New Kid on the Ward 6 Block
Although new Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks is a new kid on the City Hall block, he is not new to Jackson.
National
Trump Revives Debate on Hate Groups, Then Condemns Them
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a resolution condemning white supremacists and hate groups, hours after reviving his assertion that there were "bad dudes" among the people who assembled to …
World
Manhunt on After Homemade Bomb Wounds 22 on London Subway
Hundreds of London police embarked on a massive manhunt Friday, racing to find out who placed a homemade bomb on a packed London subway train during the morning rush hour. …
Cover
‘Everybody Matters, Or Nobody Matters’: The JFP Interview with Public Safety Commissioner Marshall Fisher
Department of Public Safety Commissioner Marshall Fisher shared his opinions and ideas about how law enforcement fits into society and government as a whole with the Jackson Free Press recently.
Crime
Flashing a Kid’s Mugshot Is No Way to Prevent Crime
Disseminating mugshots of minors should be rare due to the harm that it can cause to that kid and society to treat children as adult criminals, especially before they even …
Biz Roundup
Jackson Restaurants Closing and Opening, Sombra's New Menu and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month at Newk's
Jackson lost one restaurant last week and will lose another this week.
City & County
Lumumba Stands With Dreamers, Turner Convicted, State Flag SCOTUS Case: Last Week's News Not to Miss
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.
Crime
UPDATED: Darnell Turner May Serve 45 Years for 'Heinous Crimes'; Feds Earlier Tied Him to DA
A Hinds County jury yesterday convicted Darnell Turner, who also goes by Donald Dixon, in three separate counts related to a 2014 domestic incident—aggravated assault with a firearm, aggravated domestic …
Immigration
Fifteen States, DC Sue Trump Administration Over Ending DACA
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia sued Wednesday to block President Donald Trump's plan to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation—an act Washington state's attorney general called …
National
House Moving Swiftly on $7.9B Harvey Relief Bill
The House on Wednesday moved swiftly toward approving $7.9 billion in Harvey disaster relief as Democratic leaders signaled they would back the measure along with a short-term increase in the …
Crime
UPDATED: Hinds DA Wants Rankin Charges Quashed, Again Cites AG 'Overreach'
District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith wants a Rankin County judge to quash another set of criminal charges against him—for domestic violence, stalking and robbery charges.
National
Putin Says Trump 'Not My Bride, and I'm Not His Groom'
Russian President Vladimir Putin refrained from criticizing U.S. President Donald Trump at a news conference in China on Tuesday, but said a decision to shutter Russian diplomatic outposts in the …
City & County
Fats, Grease Aggravating City's Water, Sewer Cleanup Efforts
Jacksonians and businesses are contributing to the city's water and sewage problems by pouring fats, oil and greases down drainage pipes, consultants from Burns and McDonnell told the Jackson City …
