All results / Stories
Sort By
Date
Authors
- Everyone
- Jackson Free Press (10015)
- Donna Ladd (2676)
- Dustin Cardon (1170)
- Ronni Mott (841)
- Adam Lynch (812)
- Arielle Dreher (688)
- Latasha Willis (437)
- Ward Schaefer (392)
- Bryan Flynn (361)
- Lacey McLaughlin (354)
Feature
Bright Idea: Conserve Energy, Create Jobs
You want to reduce your energy bills, improve your in-home air quality, increase the value of your home and help create jobs in the local community? Then invest in energy-efficiency …
Art
Filling the Emptiness
When family or friends say Jackson is a bad place, I always want to take them on a trip to the city I've grown to know over the last six …
Best Practice: Mid-South Minority Business Council Continuum
"Established in 1973 as the Mid-South Minority Business Council (MMBC), a component of the Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce, the MMBC Continuum now serves as a minority business-development organization and …
Feature
What the Heck Is An IBA?
Sure, we have business organizations such as chambers of commerce, but they are not primarily and exclusively serving interests of small, locally owned businesses.
Feature
Radical Idea: Vacancy Tax
So, just how do we unlock the empty buildings that are "warehoused" downtown by landlords, often absentee, who let their spaces rot waiting for the huge rent check of the …
Feature
Build a Bicycle- and Pedestrian-Friendly Jackson
The key to change is finding simple, affordable tools that are easily accessible for people of all ages, races, socio-economic levels and abilities.
Feature
Everyone Needs a Roof
You've heard it before: For many Americans, homelessness is just a couple of paychecks away.
Feature
Jackson Planning Map
Jackson is a unique city with great potential. What makes this city great are her people, their passions and their visions.
City & County
Disrupting the Status Quo
A baker's dozen of good ideas: That's what I came up with when asked to contribute a pithy set of good ideas to this issue.
Editor's Note
The Devil Is In the Questions
I really don’t get hating people because they ask vital questions.
Person of the Day
Jerry and Helen Young
Pastor Jerry Young laughs heartily about his upcoming appearance at Friday's Mississippi Sickle Cell Foundation Annual "Evening with the Sickle Cell Stars Gala," where he and his wife of 39 …
Education
Public Universities Ramp Up Aid for the Wealthy, Leaving the Poor Behind
Many public universities, faced with their own financial shortfalls, are increasingly leaving low-income students behind.
City & County
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.
Environment
What We're Seeing Now: Air Pollution and Climate Change
Scientists at Princeton, Stanford, Peking and Columbia universities as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration conclude that climate change will worsen air pollution, making it a more potent …
Events
It's the Weekend!
On Saturday, "Bravo I: Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto" is at 7:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall.
Health Care
Consumers With Serious Medical Problems Need To Carefully Assess Total Plan Costs
One of the health care overhaul's most far-reaching provisions prohibits health plans from refusing to cover people who are sick or charging them higher premiums. Still, for people with serious …
Release of Report on Port Spending Friday
A legislative committee will release a report this week on its analysis of spending at the State Port at Gulfport.
Biz Roundup
Job Fair, Choctaw Books and Great Harvest
Paul Rankin, owner of Great Harvest Bread Co., closed his Ridgeland location Aug. 31 to focus his efforts on his recently renovated Jackson store at 5006 Parkway Drive.
National
To Dodge Law, High-Cost Lender Offers Cash for Free
Alarmed by the explosion of high-cost lending in the state, cities across Texas have passed ordinances to prevent the cycle of debt that short-term, high-cost loans can create. But some …
