Business
Hosemann Trashes SEC
Mississippi is once again locking horns with the federal government, but this time it's about neither guns nor affordable health-care insurance—it's about securities fraud.
Business
Slave to the Payday Lender
Although some states are tightening restrictions on quick-loan businesses, Mississippi's lawmakers have had a large hand in helping the industry expand.
Politics
Fact-checking Reeves at Neshoba
At this year's fair, Republicans touted the success of the party's legislative agenda, which included passing a charter-school bill, a third-grade reading program and more.
Business
Shipbuilder Again Accused of Human Trafficking
The case against a Mississippi shipbuilder continues to mount with a new round of lawsuits accusing the company of engaging in human trafficking.
City & County
Abortion Clinic Firestorm
A little after noon Wednesday, an ambulance arrived at the Jackson Women's Health Organization--Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic.
Candidate
Iron Chief: The JFP Interview with Police Chief Lindsey Horton
The Jackson City Council confirmed 29-year police department veteran Lindsey Horton as the capital city’s new top cop on July 18, 2013.
Environment
Kemper's Proxy War
Nonprofit groups for the controversial Kemper County power plant, now 80 percent complete, have stepped up public-relations efforts in recent weeks.
Business
Bryant's 'Crude' Plan
Gov. Phil Bryant, who last year announced a partnership with the Canadian government, believes Mississippi should follow Canada’s example and develop the state’s oil-sands resources.
City & County
Police: Multiple Suspects in Virden Killings
Family members of Jason Murphy and A.J. Barber, and residents of the Virden Addition are still looking for answers about the boys' murders on July 21.
City & County
Chief Horton Stresses Professionalism
Chief Lindsey Horton instructed his reports that being casual is a thing of the past.
City & County
No Room for Hinds Inmates
Whatever comes out of this week's special Hinds County Board of Supervisors meeting on the condition of the Raymond Detention Center, one thing is clear: Surrounding county jails are ill-equipped …
State
Death Row’s Manning Gets DNA Hearing
Willie Jerome Manning, who came within hours of being executed in May, could finally get an opportunity to have DNA testing on key pieces of evidence from his murder trial.
State
Parole Board Shuffle
Malcolm McMillin, formerly a Hinds County sheriff, is stepping down from his post as head of the state parole board.
City & County
Gun Street Blues
At around 3 a.m. on the morning of July 21, a resident reportedly called 911 to report gunshots in the Virden Addition. It wasn't the only shooting reported that night.
State
Hinds Board Meets Privately on Jail
Amid ongoing turmoil at the Raymond Detention Center, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors held a special meeting this morning to hammer out a plan for the beleaguered jail.
City & County
Jackson Rallies for Slain Teens, Against Violence
Early on the morning of Sunday, July 21, a neighbor found Jason Murphy and Albert "A.J." Barber Jr. in a ditch in Jackson's Virden Addition neighborhood, each shot in the …
City & County
Beer to Stewpot's Rescue
This weekend, three beer-related organizations will help to raise money to keep two of Stewpot Community Services' vital ministries open.
State
Lawsuit Highlights Child-Support ‘Disarray’
Child custody cases are messy affairs. Take the case of Windell Blount, a May 2013 graduate of Tougaloo College, who has been embroiled in a he-said-she-said tug-of-war with his ex-wife …
Education
Ready ... Set ... Scan
Nine months after state officials holstered a plan to require all parents receiving federal child-care assistance to scan their kids in and out of day care every day, Mississippi is …
State
County Jail Remains a Problem
Hinds County officials are playing down recent events at the Raymond Detention Center, characterizing the troubles as part and parcel of the business of running a jail.
Justice
Justice Delayed?
Federal Judge Henry Wingate has been admonished repeatedly for the long delays in his court.
LGBT
Same-sex Rulings Will Test State Laws
On July 12, Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign published a study showing that Mississippians' attitudes about discrimination against same-sex-loving people are less conservative than previously thought.
Development
Stokes Knocks Byram-Clinton Parkway
The Byram-Clinton Parkway is a proposed multi-lane route between Byram at Interstate 55 South, extending northwest to the Norrell Road interchange at Interstate 20 in Clinton.
Hinds Judge Blocks Gun Law
Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Winston Kidd has granted an injunction against the implementation of a state gun law.
City & County
JPD: Homicides Way Down, Carjackings Way Up
A steady downward trend in major crimes in the capitol city continues, with one notable exception: carjackings.
Cover
Voting Rights: Was Chief Justice Roberts Wrong About Voting in Mississippi?
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said implementation of a controversial voter-identification law, which he has championed, began immediately after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling invalidating a key section of …
LGBT
Gay Marriage Rulings Raise Questions
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions validating same-sex unions may have a wider effect in Mississippi and nationwide than previously thought.
State
Mississippi's Comeback Kids
Mississippi's record on youth incarceration is less than stellar. The number of county-run youth jails and state-run youth prisons that have been slapped with lawsuits for mistreating kids is almost …
Cover
A Homebrewing Wave?
About eight years ago, Jonas Outlaw's now-father in-law introduced him to the hobby of homebrewing. Outlaw remembers his first batch of home-brewed beer, an American pale ale.
Civil Rights
In Delbert We Trust?
If there existed a university devoted to voter suppression and disenfranchisement before the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Mississippi would have graduated with Latin honors.
Person of the Day
Jackson's New Chiefs
Jackson's first responders have new bosses. In his first official appointments, newly sworn in Mayor Chokwe Lumumba appointed interim chiefs to the Jackson Police Department and Jackson Fire Department.
State
Hinds Board Seats Interim Supes
This morning, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors approved interim appointments to the vacant District 2 and District 4 seats.
Health Care
After Short Debate, Senate OKs Medicaid Bills
In the end they lost, but legislative Democrats finally got the debate they've been asking for on Medicaid expansion in Mississippi.
Politics
Miss. House Approves $840M Medicaid Bill
Mississippi House Democrats didn't get the Medicaid expansion they wanted, but they are declaring victory of a sort.
Politics
Hinds D.A. Seeks to Stop Open-Carry Law
Some Mississippi lawmakers want to prevent a new law from going into effect that will permit Mississippians to openly carry firearms.
Business
Obamacare Stumps Small Biz
Jeff Good has crunched the numbers. The Jackson restaurateur has consulted with attorneys specializing in labor-relations and health-care law and ordered extensive reports from the firm that processes payroll checks …
Civil Rights
Hosemann: Miss. Voter ID a Go as SCOTUS Guts Voting Rights Act
It wasn't terribly surprising given the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, but the nation's high court officially gutted the most important provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in …
City & County
The Lumumba Economy
During his yearlong campaign, Mayor-elect Chokwe Lumumba did not tout big-box stores, movie theaters, waterfronts or Farish Street as the silver-bullet solution to economic development in the capital city.
City & County
Growing Up Lumumba
On a flight from Detroit to Washington, D.C., in 1977, a young lawyer named Chokwe Lumumba saw something he'd never seen before: a flight-attendant crew consisting of three black women.
City & County
Hinds Board Lean; Court Funds Fat
Hinds County will soon be down to three members on its Board of Supervisors. With the death of District 2 Supervisor Doug Anderson earlier this year and the departure of …
Politics
County Courts Get Funding Boost
Three Hinds County departments received a funding bump this morning. At its regular meeting, the Hinds County Board of Supervisors agreed to provide $95,000 this year to the offices of …
Politics
Miss.'s New Gun Law: Good, Bad and Ugly
When a new law goes into effect on July 1, it's going to feel like the Wild West in Mississippi. Not only because the law permits individuals to carry guns …
City & County
Fear Stymies HIV/AIDS Prevention
Othor Cain, chairman of the board of directors at Jackson-based HIV/AIDS nonprofit Grace House, pointed to the upward trend in HIV infection rates for men, particularly black men who have …
Health Care
GOP’s Backdoor Embrace of Obamacare
The Republican Party, nationally and in Mississippi, has made sport of repudiating the federal health-care law.
Health Care
HIV/AIDS in Miss.: 'A Terrible Curse'
Being diagnosed with HIV is no longer the life sentence it was once was. But for those living with the virus in Mississippi, having HIV/AIDS remains a terrible curse, said …
Health Care
Dems Offer Medicaid Deal; Bryant Rejects
Mississippi Democrats continue to extend olive branches to legislative Republicans to find ways to accept federal Medicaid money.
Cover
Memories of Medgar
A week and a half before he met his fate outside his family's Jackson home, Medgar Evers, the Mississippi field secretary for the National Association of Colored People, said if …
Justice
Lawsuit Puts Prison Mental Health in Focus
Victor Voe warned them: "Don't let them kill me. I be hearing them say they going to kill me. I am hearing voices that others don't hear."
City & County
The Press and Politicians
Over the weekend, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni wrote about politicians' new "controlled and controlling approach" for talking to voters.
Justice
Mississippi Sued Again for Prison Conditions
A rat infestation at Meridian's East Mississippi Correctional Facility has gotten so bad that some of the prisoners have adopted the disease-carrying vermin as pets, sometimes taking them on walks …
