Miss. Says 'No Thanks' to Medicaid Expansion Dollars Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in 7 residents without insurance. And so you might think Mississippi …
Immigration, IllustratedImmigration is always a thorny issue, especially when facts are (mis)quoted.
DHS Pauses Finger Scan ExpansionThe Mississippi Department of Human Services is putting off the rollout of a controversial finger scanning program for daycare centers.
Stinker Quote of the WeekA couple things stink about Ryan's answer about abortion in the vice presidential debate.
Two Former JPD Officers Plead Guilty to Accepting BribesFormer Jackson Police Department Patrol Officers Monyette Quintel Jefferson, 27, and Terence Dale Jenkins, 25, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to accepting bribes from an undercover FBI agent.
A Smile, A SmirkIn social media, I see lots of folks who say they've either unfollowed, unfriended, blocked or deleted someone because of their political beliefs.
For My Grandmothers Exercise your right to vote like you exercise your right to breathe.
The JFP Debate Drinking Game RulesWith only one more debate on the books between President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney (Monday, Oct. 22), we've perfected our drinking game rules. Cheers!
Gov. Bryant Leaps Into National Immigration MessGov. Phil Bryant joined a lawsuit on the state's behalf against the Obama administration's recent order to halt deportation of young unauthorized immigrants.
Council OKs $90M Water Repair ContractThe Jackson City Council approved a $90 million water and sewer project worth one-fourth of the city's total budget.
Court Denies Hinds Redistricting InjunctionA federal judge has denied a request by Hinds County Supervisor Phil Fisher and the Republican Party to bar the county from using its new redistricting plan in November elections.
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.
NAACP Seeks 2013 Elections for Miss. LegislatureThe NAACP contends blacks are still discriminated against in new legislative districts. It has asked a federal panel to redraw those districts approved by the Justice Department last month and other elections for the Mississippi Legislature in 2013.
Debate Preparations Consume CandidatesWith the White House race barreling toward the finish, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney were staying out of the spotlight Monday, underscoring the intense focus each campaign is placing on the second presidential debate.
Death Penalty Case Before Miss. Court The Mississippi Supreme Court is scheduled to hear an appeal Monday from death row inmate Jason Lee Keller, who wants a new trial in the 2007 robbery and shooting death of a woman in Harrison County.
Entergy Expects 3Q Profit Below Street's View Entergy expects its third-quarter earnings to come in below its prior-year results and Wall Street's view, partly because of a higher income tax expense.
Who Stole Our Potholes?But there is one Jackson neighborhood—Broadmeadow in north Fondren—where you'll find a few people who are positive about their potholes. And now, those potholes have mysteriously gone missing.
AP Analysis: Biden Takes Fight to Ryan in Feisty DebateBy going all in, Biden aggressively tried to score on two critical fronts: relating Obama's message in more heartfelt terms and blistering Ryan on multiple fronts so that the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, would lose his recent surge.
Meridian Gets $1.2M from MDOTWork to revamp part of historic downtown Meridian will go forward, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
Chamber Vision 2022: Health Care, LakeThe Jackson metropolitan area now has a 10-year plan in the fields of education, health care, economic development, infrastructure, public transportation, arts and culture and the aerospace industry.
Team Obama Hopes Veep Debate Halts GOP MomentumDemocrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in importance since Mitt Romney's strong showing in the first presidential faceoff. This time, it's the Obama team looking …
FBI Arrests 1 Current, 2 Former CopsA Hinds County sheriff's deputy and two former law enforcement officers are among four people arrested by FBI agents on charges of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and theft of government property.
School Helps Traumatized Syrian Kids HealFor many Syrian children traumatized and driven from their homes by their country's civil war, the opportunity to head back to school — even if it's in a dusty, wind-swept refugee camp — is a chance to return to a …
Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in 7 residents without insurance. And so you might think Mississippi …
On command, two black boys marched into Wesley Murray's office and slouched against the wood paneled wall.
Gov. Phil Bryant joined a lawsuit on the state's behalf against the Obama administration's recent order to halt deportation of young unauthorized immigrants.
The Jackson Municipal Airport Authority has begun a project to restore the Hawkins Field Airport Terminal.
Mitt Romney would love another debate like the last one. President Barack Obama most certainly would not.
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.
As a congressman in Wisconsin, Ryan lobbied for tens of millions of dollars on behalf of his constituents for the kinds of largess he's now campaigning against.
But there is one Jackson neighborhood—Broadmeadow in north Fondren—where you'll find a few people who are positive about their potholes. And now, those potholes have mysteriously gone missing.
By going all in, Biden aggressively tried to score on two critical fronts: relating Obama's message in more heartfelt terms and blistering Ryan on multiple fronts so that the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, would lose his recent surge.
The Jackson metropolitan area now has a 10-year plan in the fields of education, health care, economic development, infrastructure, public transportation, arts and culture and the aerospace industry.
Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Paul Ryan pull up a couple of chairs for a vice presidential debate that has mushroomed in importance since Mitt Romney's strong showing in the first presidential faceoff. This time, it's the Obama team looking …