Mill Street Gets $3 Million Surprise from MDOT's Dick Hall
Dick Hall, the Central District commissioner to the Mississippi Transportation Commission, had a little surprise for Jackson Mayor Tony Yarber today. Well, not exactly little. It was a $3 million check for Mill Street reconstruction. Hall grew up in Fondren and said he wanted Mill, which runs from downtown northward ...
U.S. Department of Transportation Awards Jackson $16.5M TIGER Grant
The following is a verbatim statement from the City of Jackson: The City of Jackson has been awarded a $16.5 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The federal award will help fund the city’s “Greening the Gateways” project that will integrate environmentally sustainable ...
Four Mississippi High Schools Awarded Career Education Grant
Mississippi is one of three states selected to receive the Toyota USA Foundation Grant for career education. The $1.5 million grant will be shared amongst students in Mississippi, New York and Kentucky. The grant will span over a three-year project that focuses on increasing student interest in STEM (science, technology, ...
108 Mississippi United Methodist Pastors Endorse Initiative 42
108 Mississippi United Methodist pastors have released an open letter endorsing Initiative 42. The letter states that each signing pastor's position on the upcoming ballot initiative stems from John Wesley's passion for meeting educational needs even in 18th century England and Jesus' command to let the "little children come to ...
Survey: Yarber Administration Seeks Input on Open Data
From the office of Mayor Tony Yarber: The City of Jackson urges citizens to complete a new survey that will help the city move forward with its open data initiative. Last month, Mayor Tony T. Yarber signed an executive order that will pave the way for a city government that’s ...
540: A New 'Ultra Lounge' on Farish St. Just in Time for JSU Homecoming
As Ward 4 Councilman De'Keither Stamps pointed out this week, the folks behind Johnny T's Bistro and Blues has done what people have been sitting around waiting for the city, state and a procession of developers to do for years: Giving people something else to do downtown, on Farish Street. ...
Jackson Pothole Report: Oct 20, 2015
This is a full, verbatim statement from the City of Jackson: City of Jackson crews are patching potholes across the city. • Crews are repairing potholes on areas of Woodburn Drive, Ellis Avenue, McFadden Road, Bellmont Street, N. State Street, Keele Street, E. Northside Drive. • Crews repairing sidewalk/curb & ...
Laurene Powell Jobs Backs Initiative 42
Education topped the talking points at the Women's Foundation of Mississippi annual meeting on Thursday. Laurene Powell Jobs (Steve Jobs' widow), Donna Barksdale and Toni Cooley discussed education at national and statewide levels. Jobs is passionate about transforming the educational system in the U.S., and she recently launched a project ...
Humanist Group Says Rankin County School District Violated Establishment Clause (Again)
The Rankin County School District is under fire for one teacher's disparaging comments against atheism. The American Humanist Association's legal center sent the district a letter on Tuesday detailing a complaint from a student and her parent that said the student's history teacher, who is also a pastor at a ...
City to Estimate Water Bills During Verification Period
This is full, verbatim release from City Hall: The City of Jackson recently implemented Phase One of its new Customer Care & Billing System (CC&B). The system went live across the City on September 1 and we are currently in the verification process, which allows the City to ensure account ...
Initiative 42 Campaign Asks Secretary of State to Review Ballots for Errors
The 42 for Better Schools campaign has asked the Mississippi Secretary of State's office to review ballots across all 82 counties in Mississippi after finding errors on ballots in Hinds county. A Mississippi voter in Hinds County found the errors when the voter went to complete an absentee ballot, according ...
Petition Drive to Remove Confederate Emblem from State Flag OK'd
Jackson resident Sharon Brown has received approval to start collecting signatures on a ballot initiative to remove a Confederate emblem from the state's flag. “Today we received our official ballot title and summary from the state and are excited that we are one important step closer to giving the citizens ...