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Health Law May Offer Part-Time Workers Better Options

In January, part-time workers who have so-called "mini-med" health insurance plans with very limited benefits and annual caps on payments will begin to lose that coverage, which under the health …

Tribute to Rodgers Planned in Meridian

The Jimmie Rodgers Foundation will sponsor a tribute to the country music singer/songwriter on Sept. 5 at the Temple Theatre in downtown Meridian.

Local List: Funmi “Queen” Franklin

Funmi "Queen" Franklin who owns business incubator Kundi Compound with her husband, Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin, has carved a space for herself in the entrepreneurship community. Here are her top 11 …

Simulation Builds Respect

It's almost the end of the month, and a family is trying to decide how to stretch their money to buy groceries. One family member doles out a few bills, …

Home Brews

Mississippi home brewers may not have the law fully on their side, but they now have a place to buy all the hops, barley, yeast and equipment they need to …

OPINION: The Black Vote Is Not For Sale

"As we approach the 2020 election, we must ensure issues affecting our communities and our livelihoods are brought to the table and that we have a real voice in moving …

U.S. Appeals Court Decision Threatens Key Obamacare Provision

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court delivered a serious setback to President Barack Obama's health care law Tuesday, potentially derailing billions of dollars in subsidies for many low- and …

Insurers Propose Changes to Obama Health Law

Insurers want to change President Barack Obama's health care law to provide financial assistance for people buying bare-bones coverage. That would entice the healthy and the young, the industry says, …

Alert: Lawsuit Abuse! Lawsuit Abuse!

I hear stories like this one and I get furious at the people who refuse to understand that the most important use of lawsuits is to financially deter crap like …

JSU’s New Director of Bands Talks Virtual Musicianship

Robert Little, Jackson State University's new director of bands since July 1, says music is something that dwells throughout his entire family.

New York Cop Convicted in Cannibalism Plot

Police Officer Gilbert Valle's lawyers said he was just spinning sick and twisted fantasies for his own pleasure when he chatted online about abducting, roasting and eating women. A jury, …

USM Golden Basket Program, Belhaven Hospitality Management and Toys for Tots at UM

The University of Mississippi will host "Fashion Expo: Schoolin' Life," a student-organized fashion show, on Friday, Dec. 6. Proceeds from the event will go to the local chapter of Toys …

Living in Virtual Reality with Lobaki

Vince Jordan and his son, Josiah, began experimenting with developer kits for software to use in virtual reality in 2014. In 2016, the two decided to form Lobaki while engaged …

Find Your Voice, Girl!

Many men don't like it when we speak up and talk back. Some will go to great lengths to silence our voices, and too often that gets sexual or physical …

Syrian al-Qaida Forces Mass Near Turkey Crossing

Al-Qaida militants massed Monday near a Syrian border town in what appeared to be an attempt to seize a vital crossing from Western-backed rebels, activists said, underscoring the weakness of …

JFP on WLEZ 1.5.07 Podcast

Finally, we get Radio JFP recorded...we must be out of "beta." Enjoy.

JFP_WLEZ_10507.mp3 (26.3MB)

Ala. Tar Balls from 2010 BP Disaster

The material is from the BP well and certain chemicals in the tar have barely broken down,

Blaque Butterfly presents… "Enter the Realm of the Butterfly"

Here first art show/reception will be Saturday, July 29, 2006.

You've seen her featured in the Jackson Free Press and at events around town. Now prepare to enter the world of the woman known to us as Blaque Butterfly.

N. Korea Rescinds Invitation to U.S. Envoy

The State Department says it is "deeply disappointed" in North Korea's decision to withdraw for a second time an invitation to a U.S. envoy to discuss the release of a …

No Death Penalty for Ex-Miss. Inmate in 2013 Vegas Slayings

A 32-year-old former Mississippi jail inmate won't face the death penalty in Nevada in a 2013 double slaying case.