Madison Mayor Tries to Block JSU
Jackson State University President Carolyn Meyers didn't imagine she would face opposition when she announced in January the school's plans to open a satellite campus in Madison.
Hometown Candidate
When Courtney Walker was 14, one of the local TV channels came to his central Jackson neighborhood and interviewed him. The focus of the story was crime, as it is with many stories on the tube about Jackson.
Deloris Angrum
This has been a good decade for Deloris Angrum. Her daughter, April, returned safely from Iraq. She is a grandmother and will be again soon.
Fishbone: Still Evolving
Fishbone performs at Duling Hall Feb. 7 at 7:30 p.m. with cocktails at 6 p.m. The Scorseses also perform. Tickets for the 18 and older show are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Visit fishbone.net for more info.
Medicaid Expansion Chances Stay Alive in Senate
Some state senators aren't ready to expand Medicaid, but they are keeping the option alive for later in the session.
Abortion-Inducing Drugs Could Face Restrictions
Mississippi could restrict the use of abortion-inducing drugs and make women visit a physician an additional time after using them.
Senate Education Panel OKs School Prayer Bill
The Senate Education Committee has approved a measure meant to make it legal for students to pray before public school groups.
No. 1 Recruit Nkemdiche Picks Mississippi
The consensus top recruit in the nation Robert Nkemdiche will attend Mississippi.
Columbus Native, Civil Rights Icon Dies
Diane Hardy Thompson, one of three African-American women who integrated then-Mississippi College for Women in 1966, has died at an Augusta, Ga., burn center. She was 64.
Strange Bedfellows: Business, Labor on Immigration
Unlikely allies, business and labor leaders joined in support of the White House's immigration overhaul efforts Tuesday while also launching high-stakes negotiations to overcome an issue that has split them before — creating a guest-worker program to ensure future immigrants come to the U.S. legally.
Analysis: Obama, GOP Disagree, Again, on Spending
After two tumultuous years of budget brinkmanship, President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress finally agree on something — namely, that a previous 10-year pact to cut $1 trillion across the board was such a bad idea it must be stopped before it starts.
FBI: Ala. Captor Rigged Bunker, Waged 'Firefight'
As FBI and police negotiators sought for days to coax an Alabama man into freeing a kindergartner held hostage in an underground bunker, the captor was planning for violence, authorities say.
AP Source: Outdoor Retail Exec. Picked for Interior
President Barack Obama on Wednesday will nominate business executive and former engineer Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department, an administration official said.
Tunisian Opposition Leader Killed Amid Tensions
A Tunisian opposition leader critical of both the Islamist-led government and of violence by radical Muslims was gunned down as he left home Wednesday—the first assassination in post-revolutionary Tunisia.
Crisler, Norwood Tops in Senate 28 Election
Not surprisingly, yesterday's Senate District 28 special election resulted in a runoff.
Postal Service Cutting Saturday Delivery
The Saturday mail cutback would begin in August and could save $2 billion annually.
Tackling Human Trafficking in Mississippi
Trafficking of human beings--for sex or for labor--affects everyday people we all might encounter.
At Capitol, Much at Stake for Jackson
With a renewed push underway for a local-option sales tax, Jackson could at last get some aid in paying for maintenance projects the city has in the works.
Wendy Bradford
Up to 300,000 children are at risk for sexual exploitation each year in this country according to the Polaris Project, an organization located in Washington, D.C., that fights global trafficking.