Breaking: A Serious Discussion in D.C.
Donna Ladd and I had the good fortune to attend a meeting a few weeks ago at the White House as part of their initiative to reach out to small businesses around the country.
It's All About the Book
The real caretakers of the literary ecology are independent bookstores, and two of the country's most respected are in Mississippi: Lemuria Books in Jackson and Square Books in Oxford.
10 Things to Know for Wednesday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and stories that will be talked about today.
Obama's Fiscal Cliff Strategy is Tricky Balance
Playing both sides, President Barack Obama is trying to balance his public pressure campaign on Republicans over the looming "fiscal cliff" with his private negotiations with GOP leaders.
Gunman Opens Fire at Oregon Mall; Gunman, 2 Dead
A suburban Portland mall remains closed Wednesday a day after a gunman wearing camouflage and a mask opened fire on shoppers, killing two people and wounding a third, before killing himself.
Indian Sitar Virtuoso Ravi Shankar Dies at 92
With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century.
Mich. Becomes Right-to-Work State Despite Protests
In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work state, leaving outgunned Democrats and union activists with little recourse but to shake their fists and seek retribution at the ballot box.
Six Inmates Released by Mistake from Hinds Co. Jail
A manhunt is underway for three of six inmates released by mistake from the Hinds County Detention Center last week.
Companies with $227M in Aid Employ Fewer than 500
Mississippi has disbursed nearly $227 million in aid to six alternative energy companies since 2010, but so far has fewer than 500 jobs to show for it.
Unions Flip to Support Kemper in Exchange for Jobs
Mississippi Power Co.'s contractors have agreed to hire about 1,000 labor union members to build its Kemper County power plant, and a group of unions says it now supports the project.
Fiscal Cliff Talks Intense; Obama and Boehner Talk
Leading lawmakers expressed pessimism that a deal was close, despite increasing angst.
Miss. Lawmakers Reveal Budget Proposal for 2014
Most parts of Mississippi education, from kindergarten through college, would receive the same amount of state funding next year as this year, under a budget proposal released Tuesday by House and Senate leaders.
New Tests Could Hamper Food Outbreak Detection
New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous outbreaks like the one that sickened people who ate a variety of Trader Joe's peanut butter this fall.
Air Force Sends Mystery Mini-Shuttle Back to Space
The military's small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the first flight of its kind.
Pretrial Hearing for WikiLeaks Suspect Ends
A pretrial hearing for an Army private charged with giving U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks has ended.
Jobs at the JFP and BOOM Jackson
Jobs open at the Jackson Free Press and BOOM Jackson. No phone calls, please.
Mayor, Council Square Off Over Contract
A $90 million water project is on the shelf while the mayor and the city's economic-development committee refuses to come to an agreement on the timeliness of the contract with project leader Siemens Corp.
Start Up, Minority Business Registry, Accelerator, More
Entrepreneurs in the capital city will get a chance to pitch their ideas to fellow aspiring business owners and business leaders, and possibly find the connections they need to get their startups off the ground.