A Curfew-to-Prison Pipeline?High-school student Donovan Barner calls a proposed curfew ordinance "blasphemous" because enforcing the law requires police officers to assume all teenagers are criminals.
The JFP Interview with William BrightWilliam Bright spent the last 13 years as an officer in the Jackson Police Department. Now he’s left the force and is asking the citizens to promote him ... to mayor.
Taxes: Obama vs. Bush RatesTax cuts are like power: Once people have some, wresting it out of their hands makes for a battle royale.
George J. Bey IIIIn junior high while other kids his age were more interested in basketball shoes, Dr. George J. Bey III was studying his teeth.
Liqueur, Food, Roads and HairBottle Tree Beverage Co., the Madison-based distillery that brought Cathead vodkas to the marketplace, has released a new chicory liqueur under the brand name Hoodoo.
Skylar LaineSkylar Laine will perform a "Country Christmas" December 1 at the Jackson Academy Performing Arts Center.
Education Department Adopts Crucial Reform for Disabled BorrowersThe Education Department enacted a crucial reform on behalf of borrowers who become disabled, issuing new rules earlier this month that make it easier for these borrowers to get their federal student loans forgiven.
Lawrence GuyotCivil-rights leader and Mississippi native Lawrence Guyot died in his home in Mount Rainier, Md. on Thursday, Nov. 22, at age 73.
Support Small Business SaturdayBlack Friday is a big day for retailers, but I don't think it's nearly as important as Small Business Saturday.
UMMC Working for NCI DesignationStatistics show Mississippi is suffering by not having a National Cancer Institute-designated treatment center, so the University of Mississippi Medical Center is working to change that within the next five years.
Will the U.S. Supreme Court Gut the Voting Rights Act?Of the 11 states of the former Confederacy, number that passed voting restrictions since the 2010 election that would make it harder for minority citizens to cast ballots: 8
DHS Makes Its Case for ScannersAfter weeks of offering up generalities about why it instituted a controversial new program, the Mississippi Department of Human Services finally outlined its rationale for requiring some poor parents to submit to finger scanning when retrieving their children from day …
Bryant Budget Steadfast in Health Care OppositionSen. Hillman Frazier said the state would miss out on millions of dollars in economic activity if it declines to expand Medicaid under the federal health-care reform law.
Innovate Mississippi, New Businesses and Safe Shopping TipsTony Jeff, president of the Mississippi Technology Alliance, announced at the company's 13th Annual Conference Nov. 14 that the organization has changed its name to Innovate Mississippi.
Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Jr.Jackson State University recently hired native Jacksonian Dr. Lawrence T. Potter Jr. as dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
Finger Scanners: 'A Child-Care Beef Plant'?Angry and disappointed—that's how child-care center operator Petra Kay described how she feels about the way a state agency has handled implementation of a new tracking system for children of low-income families.
U.S. House Subcommittee Sets Hearing on Missing War RecordsMissing military records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 2014 detailed in a ProPublica-Seattle Times investigation over Veterans Day 2014 will be the subject of a congressional hearing next month, the spokeswoman for a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee said …
Community Events and Public MeetingsThe Jackson City Council Youth Curfew Public Hearing is Tuesday, Nov. 20 from 5-9 p.m. at Jackson City Hall.
10 Local Stories of the WeekThere's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
UMMC Expansion ContinuesTravelers on Lakeland Drive west of Interstate 55 will have to deal with delay-causing construction a little longer.
BP Agrees to Plead Guilty to Crimes in Gulf Oil SpillBP agreed to plead guilty today to charges of manslaughter, environmental crimes, and lying to Congress in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and sent as much as 200 million gallons of oil …
Animal of the Day: Shelter CatsThe cat's out of the bag at Community Animal Rescue & Adoption--and hopefully going to a new home this weekend.
High-school student Donovan Barner calls a proposed curfew ordinance "blasphemous" because enforcing the law requires police officers to assume all teenagers are criminals.
William Bright spent the last 13 years as an officer in the Jackson Police Department. Now he’s left the force and is asking the citizens to promote him ... to mayor.
Tax cuts are like power: Once people have some, wresting it out of their hands makes for a battle royale.
In junior high while other kids his age were more interested in basketball shoes, Dr. George J. Bey III was studying his teeth.
Bottle Tree Beverage Co., the Madison-based distillery that brought Cathead vodkas to the marketplace, has released a new chicory liqueur under the brand name Hoodoo.
Skylar Laine will perform a "Country Christmas" December 1 at the Jackson Academy Performing Arts Center.
The Education Department enacted a crucial reform on behalf of borrowers who become disabled, issuing new rules earlier this month that make it easier for these borrowers to get their federal student loans forgiven.
The problem is, however, that GOP operatives aren't looking to their policies to understand the loss; they're looking only to strategies and tactics.
Statistics show Mississippi is suffering by not having a National Cancer Institute-designated treatment center, so the University of Mississippi Medical Center is working to change that within the next five years.
After weeks of offering up generalities about why it instituted a controversial new program, the Mississippi Department of Human Services finally outlined its rationale for requiring some poor parents to submit to finger scanning when retrieving their children from day …
Sen. Hillman Frazier said the state would miss out on millions of dollars in economic activity if it declines to expand Medicaid under the federal health-care reform law.
Nowhere in the U.S. has the inequality gap grown larger than in Mississippi.
Jayne Jackson calls herself a community organizer: She brings people together with the help of food, wine, and—most recently—radio.
Ward 3's Larita Cooper-Stokes has been trying to reinstitute a city curfew for young people.
Tony Jeff, president of the Mississippi Technology Alliance, announced at the company's 13th Annual Conference Nov. 14 that the organization has changed its name to Innovate Mississippi.
Angry and disappointed—that's how child-care center operator Petra Kay described how she feels about the way a state agency has handled implementation of a new tracking system for children of low-income families.
Missing military records from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 2014 detailed in a ProPublica-Seattle Times investigation over Veterans Day 2014 will be the subject of a congressional hearing next month, the spokeswoman for a House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee said …
Jackson Free Clinic volunteers began a recent expansion with a demolition party.
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
BP agreed to plead guilty today to charges of manslaughter, environmental crimes, and lying to Congress in connection with the 2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion, which killed 11 workers and sent as much as 200 million gallons of oil …
The cat's out of the bag at Community Animal Rescue & Adoption--and hopefully going to a new home this weekend.