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Ward 3 Candidate Finance Reports

Following are the finance reports for Ward 3 council candidates who have filed them.

Ward 2 Candidate Finance Reports

Following are the finance reports for Ward 2 council candidates who have filed them.

UPDATED: Fact Checking Lee

In an email circulated Wednesday night, the Jonathan Lee campaign accused Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. of funneling big contracts for legal representation of the city to his campaign contributors.

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Health Care's 'Dirty Little Secret': No One May Be Coordinating Care

Advocates for hospital patients and their families say confusion about who is managing a patient's care--and lack of coordination among those caregivers--are endemic, contributing to the estimated 44,000 to 98,000 …

Hill Harper

Hill Harper is a jack-of-all-trades. As an actor, he is best known for his role on "CSI: New York" as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, but he is also an activist, author …

It's the Weekend!

On Sunday, The Band Perry performs at 6:30 p.m. at Thalia Mara Hall.

Students Re-Enact 1963 March Against Segregation

Fifty years ago, Birmingham leaders used fire hoses, police dogs and jailings to stop waves of students who marched out of a church and on to downtown streets seeking equal …

Hosemann Announces Cat Island Land Purchase

The state of Mississippi has bought 217 more acres of Cat Island to set aside for public use.

Miss. Revenue Collections Down in April

Mississippi tax collections were $46 million, or 8.2 percent, below the estimate for the month of April.

Oil Drilling Technology Leaps, Clean Energy Lags

Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected.

Hagel: U.S. Rethinking Possibly Arming Syrian Rebels

The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime for more than two years, Defense Secretary …

Miss. Ricin-Letters Case Headed to Grand Jury

A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, an FBI agent testified …

Obama OK with Morning-After Pill Sales at Age 15

President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older.

Forest Service to States: Give Subsidies Back

The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing …

Bangladesh Official: Disaster Not 'Really Serious'

Bangladesh's finance minister downplayed the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious" Friday, hours after the 500th body …

Fresh Off Victory, NRA Holds Convention in Houston

Fresh off a huge victory over President Barack Obama on gun control, the message from the National Rifle Association is clear: The fight has just begun.

Employers Add 165K jobs; Unemployment at 7.5 Pct.

Hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated

Bryant: $69M More from BP for Gulf Restoration

Gov. Phil Bryant says BP PLC has agreed to pay $69 million more for restoration projects for Mississippi Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill.

Rating the Streets

If you see a funny-looking white van canvassing the streets of Jackson, don't get too excited. It's not the ghost busters. But it might help Jackson target its worst thoroughfares …

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UPDATED: The Skinny on Mayoral Campaign Finance Reports ... So Far

Democratic mayoral challenger Jonathan Lee has raised $334,560.03 since the start of the new year, according to a campaign finance report filed by his political action committee Friends of Jonathan …

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