Mississippi Senate Roll Call on Charter Schools Bill The Mississippi Senate, on a 24-21 vote Thursday, passed the final version of Senate Bill 2161, which would allow students in Mississippi school districts with academic ratings of C, D, or F to cross district lines to attend charter schools …
The Wood Brothers: Together in 'Paradise'Before their latest release, "Paradise," guitarist Oliver Wood, upright bassist Chris Wood and multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers wrote their heart-twanging tunes with 885 miles between them for more than a decade.
Seeing ‘Red’On the second day of rehearsal for "Red," John Logan's Tony Award-winning play about modern artist Mark Rothko, energies at New Stage Theatre are high.
Camaraderie and TraditionMy oldest daughter spent her last year of high school living with a family in a rural town in Ecuador, and it became a family joke to serve her dinner without telling her what it was until after she ate …
Mayor Yarber, Please Lead on TransparencyWe are pleased to report that we are seeing some, at least marginal, improvements in the way the City of Jackson is handling access to information.
Merle HaggardCountry giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday …
Mississippi Godd*mnWhen it comes to the erosion of the rights of LGBT people in places like Mississippi, we can't afford to be patient.
Parental Rights, Representation Get a Capitol SpotlightHouse Bill 772 addresses parental representation and clarifies which state offices are responsible for providing counsel to parents in danger of losing their rights.
Standing near a huge Nissan Titan truck at the automaker's Gluckstadt plant, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson reiterated today that House Bill 1523 is harmful to Mississippi's reputation and economic future, vowing to fight it through legal and federal avenues.
The local criminal-justice system is slow-moving, lacks coordination, and pulls and keeps offenders inside it like "quicksand," participants at Mayor Tony Yarber's Criminal Justice Reform Task Force meeting said yesterday.
Before their latest release, "Paradise," guitarist Oliver Wood, upright bassist Chris Wood and multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers wrote their heart-twanging tunes with 885 miles between them for more than a decade.
On the second day of rehearsal for "Red," John Logan's Tony Award-winning play about modern artist Mark Rothko, energies at New Stage Theatre are high.
My oldest daughter spent her last year of high school living with a family in a rural town in Ecuador, and it became a family joke to serve her dinner without telling her what it was until after she ate …
Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame though his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sense of national pride in such hits as "Okie From Muskogee" and "Sing Me Back Home," died Wednesday …
The Republican supermajority in the House has changed its dynamics this term, and the Democrats chose Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, to be their minority whip leader.
House Bill 772 addresses parental representation and clarifies which state offices are responsible for providing counsel to parents in danger of losing their rights.
An anti-abortion bill that has already been ruled unconstitutional by courts in Kansas and Oklahoma is on its way to Gov. Phil Bryant.