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Duvalier Malone Named Top Entrepreneur and Mississippi Museum of Art Events The Mississippi Business Journal will name community activist, author and motivational speaker Duvalier Malone as its top entrepreneur for 2019 in a ceremony at the Old Capitol Inn on Thursday, March 28.
Mississippi Teachers Unimpressed As House Ups Two-Year Pay Raise to $4,000 Mississippi teachers told the Jackson Free Press that they agreed with critics of the Legislature's $1,000 raise bill, and they had their own criticisms of even a $4,000 raise.
Mississippi Holds Special Elections for Three House Seats Today Mississippi voters in three state House districts head to the polls today to elect new representatives to fill vacant seats.
Mississippi House Passes Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Bill Mississippi lawmakers continue to push ahead with a proposal that could become one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation.
Democratic Candidate Warren Sets Televised Mississippi Forum Jackson State University says U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts will participate in a March 18 forum that will be televised on CNN.
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves' 2003 Victory over Gary Anderson 'All About Race,' Critics Say In his successful 2003 bid for state treasurer, critics accused current-Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves of running ads designed to remind voters that his Democratic opponent, Gary Anderson was black. Reeves denied the allegations.
Breein Tyree University of Mississippi point guard Breein Tyree and Mississippi State University's Teaira McCowan won the fan voting portion of the 2019 C Spire Howell and Gillom Trophies, which annually honor the top male and female college basketball players in Mississippi.
10 Local Stories of the Week 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.
Voucher Bill Dies at Legislature, Possibly Ending Program Next Year Mississippi's education voucher program, which subsidizes private-school tuition at the expense of public schools, could end next year after lawmakers allowed a bill to extend it to die in committee.
Millsaps CFA Challenge, USM Midsummer Musical Theatre Experience and MSU Women's History Month Four Millsaps College students recently won first-place honors during the regional Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge in Memphis, Tenn.
Honor, Authority and Joy in JPS Priorities of Jackson Community A March 1 Jackson Public Schools meeting was one of various forums an organization called "Our JPS" has organized across the city to learn the ideals local residents want to see reflected inside local public schools.
New Food Truck and Restaurant Coming to Jackson and Bilal's EasyKale Grand Opening Lataurius Rodgers, owner of Diamond Nail Studio in Jackson, will soon bring a new food truck to the city together with Lamarcus Robinson, a friend who also lives in Jackson.
Teaira McCowan Teaira McCowan has spent the last four years growing as a basketball player at Mississippi State University.
Gov on Anti-Boycott Bill: 'Mississippi Stands with Israel' Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to sign a bill that will ban the state from investing in companies that boycott Israel.
Four Officers Fired in Mississippi After Man's Death Last Month The city of Jackson announced the firings of three officers and a supervisor Tuesday following an internal affairs investigation of the arrest and death of 31-year-old Mario Clark.