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Social Security Benefits to Go Up by 1.7 Percent

More than 56 million Social Security recipients will see their monthly payments go up by 1.7 percent next year.

Isaac Churns Up Oil, Questions

Hurricane Isaac disturbed oil from the 2010 BP disaster, washed up on Gulf beaches.

College Football: Instant Replay, Oct. 28

How Mississippi teams did on Saturday, a day which produced a hat trick of misery:

Auburn 23, Ole Miss 17: The seventh-ranked Tigers escape the pesky Rebels.

Delicate Shades of Folk, by Katherine R. Dougan

Jackson folks might remember Kris Wilkinson from her days with Perfect Strangers, a band formed in the mid-1980s while she was in college at Delta State University in Cleveland. After …

‘Black Females Are Valued By No One'

The Village Voice reports on a new study of the attitudes of the "hip-hop generation." Thulani Davis writes: "In reality, the teens interviewed—between 16 and 20 years old—are probably children …

City Won't Pay, Yet

The Mississippi Link, a small black newspaper in Jackson, can't celebrate just yet. Even though Link owner Socrates Garrett won a lawsuit against the city last month, the city has …

Entergy Mississippi to Cut Rates as Natural Gas Costs Fall

Only months after Entergy Mississippi customers got a break on electricity bills because of falling natural gas prices, they're likely to get another.

Dear Larry: Jackson More Than a 'Market'

The Clarion-Ledger's current publisher Larry Whitaker announced in a staff memo last week that Mississippi's state-wide Gannett property will lay off 20 employees on top of the hiring freeze it …

Want a Better Jackson? Work With the Best

If you want to talk about "loyalty" in business, then you need to talk about more than price.

Suburbs Losing Young Whites to Cities

Diversity in city and suburbs = good. Keep it up, Jackson.

Our good friend David Watkins (or "Pops" in JFP comments and forums) posted a link to this Huff Post piece on Facebook yesterday, which reports on a Brookings Institution study …

Vista Arrives, Apple Connives?

The reviews and press coverage of Microsoft's long-awaited release of Microsoft Vista have been interesting for this particular Mac-centric writer to watch. Many reviewers laud the new features and eye …

Barnett Confession Alleges Role of Burrage

Horace Doyle Barnett's Nov. 20, 1964, confession to the FBI

I was just provided this confession from 1964 by one of the alleged conspiractors in the murders. I have not verified its authenticity. It is pasted verbatim.

Senate Sets Sights on Gun Laws

Mississippi already exports more firearms than any other state, but some legislators want to relax our gun laws even more.

Gas Prices Surge Higher as Drivers Rush to Fill Their Tanks

Gasoline prices rose several cents overnight amid continuing fears of shortages in Texas and other states in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's strike on the Gulf Coast.

Insurance and Excise Taxes

Avoiding buying car insurance will get a little harder with new legislation passed last week. The Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi Senate agreed on a bill requiring motorists …

Obamacare Insurance Won't Cover Weight-Loss Surgery In Many States

Uninsured Americans who are hoping the new health insurance law will give them access to weight loss treatments are likely to be disappointed.

Water Billing Problems Continue, But Contract Renewed

Even as complaints mount about large and incorrect water bills in Jackson, the City Council approved a contract of more than $300,000 to continue use of the Oracle software that …

Heroin on the Rise in South Mississippi

Heroin, a deadly drug that plagues other areas of the nation, is on the rise in South Mississippi.

Kay Franz

There are surprises, and then there are surprises that mean that you're living life the way you're supposed to: full-on and engaged in the world around you.

Walmart Taking Vaccine Appointments in Jackson, MSDH Releases Map of Shot Options

Partnering with the Jackson Housing Authority and low-income housing company Wishrock, Walmart is administering Pfizer vaccines free of charge at the Golden Key EnVision Center at 3450 Albermarle Road.