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Newly Leaked Dossier on Trump Circulated in DC for Months
It was a bombshell story, emerging on the eve of Donald Trump's first news conference as president-elect: U.S. intelligence officials had presented Trump with unsubstantiated claims that Russia had amassed …
Trump's Pick for Top Diplomat Breaks from Him in Many Ways
Rex Tillerson's foreign policy isn't sounding much like Donald Trump's. At his confirmation hearing Wednesday, the former Exxon Mobil CEO selected by Trump for secretary of state called Russia a …
Republican-Led Senate Takes First Step to Repeal 'Obamacare'
Congress is poised to complete its initial step toward dismantling President Barack Obama's health care law, as Republicans divided over how to replace it face pressure from Donald Trump for …
Trump CIA Pick Pledges to be Objective Intel Collector
Donald Trump's pick to run the CIA said Thursday he understands he would have to make the transition from a partisan, policymaking lawmaker to an objective intelligence collector as the …
Hearing Set for Man Charged in 'Vote Trump' Church Burning
A court hearing is set for a Mississippi man charged in the burning of the black church he attended that was spray-painted with "Vote Trump."
City & County
Broadening the Tent: Lumumba Vows to Gain, Give Respect as Mayor
Chokwe Antar Lumumba says that addressing crime in a comprehensive way means getting to the core systemic issues that lead to many of Jackson's problems, including poverty and a lack …
Music
Aretha Henry, Superhuman
Ever since Aretha Henry started recording music in 2008, she says her songwriting has leaned toward being a bit moody. "(It's) sometimes feathery with a little edge, sometimes sweet and …
Art
A Space for Experimental Art
A large geometric shield sits in a corner, the word "SUBMIND" projected on it. Local artist daniel johnson, who does not capitalize his name, stands in front of a crowd …
Food
Building a bōl
On the first floor of the Walter Sillers building in downtown Jackson, diners whip in and out of bōl on their way to and from work in their offices. For …
Politics
The Truth About Snakes
As it sits, the Legislature is set to look at a lot of things, but some of the big ones concern changing our school-funding formula (MAEP); deciding whether or not …
Leg, No Time to Wait for Trump on Transportation
Most lawmakers know infrastructure is a problem, but many dodge the question of how to fund solutions.
Forbidding Family Photos
Following a statute passed in 2012, the Mississippi Department of Corrections has instituted major changes to its visitation policies, including a rule banning inmates and families from taking photographs on …
Crime
Mistrial for Smith, But Bribery Question Lingers
The trial of Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith for conspiracy to hinder prosecution by aiding or assisting a defendant ended last week with a mistrial after a simple …
Politics
Politics Cripple Superintendents Group
The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents is running out of funding, largely due to a last-minute change a few lawmakers made last session to the State's education budget bill, cutting …
Person of the Day
Blair Schaefer
The latest victory for unbeaten Mississippi State was doubly satisfying for coach Vic Schaefer.
Editor's Note
Gov. Winter: Self-Made Hero on Road Less Traveled
Since Gov. William Winter fell on ice last Saturday, scaring the dickens out of so many people, I've been thinking about that congressman. Was it worth it to go along …
Jacksonian
Suzanne Hatch
As one of the only bookstores in Rankin County, Bay Window Books in Brandon has a big responsibility, and one that owner Suzanne Hatch says she takes seriously.
Development
Infrastructure: Can the State Afford to Wait on Trump?
Some Mississippi Republican leaders invoked President-elect Donald Trump's expensive infrastructure plan last week when discussing Mississippi's crumbling roads and bridges, seeming to believe it will solve the state's urgent issues …
Justice
Dylann Roof Sentenced to Die for Church Slayings
An unrepentant Dylann Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for killing nine black church members during Bible study, the first person to face execution for federal hate crime convictions.
Education
Lt. Gov. Reeves: EdBuild Recommendations Coming, Even If No Media Access
EdBuild's recommendations to change the state's school-funding formula will be ready before the deadline to introduce legislation, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves told the Stennis Capitol Press Forum on Monday.
