GAO Report Points to Challenges in Setting Up Federal Health Insurance Marketplaces
Testing of computer systems and training of consumer assistance guides are behind schedule, but the Obama administration has met other deadlines in its efforts to open new marketplaces where millions of consumers might shop for insurance starting this fall.
Sports Hall of Fame Hosting CWS Viewing Party
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is hosting a viewing party starting at 6:30 p.m., when Mississippi State takes on UCLA in the first of a best-of-three game series for the 2013 National Championship.
Deborah Hardy
For Jackson-native Deborah Hardy, community involvement spurred her to start an organization with a friend, Amos Archie, called the Minority Business Network on March 31, 2011.
Community Events and Public Meetings
The Mississippi 4-H Horse Championship is Wednesday, June 26 at 6 p.m. at Kirk Fordice Equine Center.
MSU's '85 Bulldogs Cast a Long Shadow
The star-studded 1985 Mississippi State baseball team has cast a long shadow over every Bulldogs club that followed. Now the 2013 team is poised to do what no other Mississippi State team in any sport has done—win a national championship.
Analysis: History Not Just Tucked Away in Books
As Mississippi schools are increasing efforts teach civil rights history, they could turn to people who are still living, and whose memories are still sharp, for firsthand accounts of what it was like to challenge segregation in the Jim Crow South.
Report: Economic Well-Being of U.S. Children Slips
It wasn't so long ago that David Hutchinson spent a month sleeping under a bridge while his wife and young daughter spent their nights at a domestic violence shelter.
Hostess: Twinkies to Return to Shelves July 15
Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to shelves next month.
Hundreds Protest Texas Abortion Restrictions
More than 800 women's rights protesters crowded into the Texas Capitol on Sunday to watch Democrats try a series of parliamentary maneuvers to stop the Republican majority from passing some of the toughest abortion restrictions in the country.
Wildfire: Colo. Town Sees Long Evacuation
Tourists and business owners forced to flee a popular summer retreat in the southwestern Colorado mountains resigned themselves to a long wait as fire officials declined to speculate when they might be able to reign in an unprecedented and erratic blaze raging through the Rio Grande National Forest.
South Africa: Mandela Still in Critical Condition
Nelson Mandela's condition in a Pretoria hospital remained critical for a second straight day Monday, said South Africa's president who described the stricken anti-apartheid hero as being "asleep" when he visited Mandela the previous evening.
Court to Hear Appeal of Abortion Buffer Zone
The Supreme Court will reconsider the constitutionality of a 2007 Massachusetts law that bars protests in 35-foot "buffer zones" around abortion clinic entrances, exits and driveways.
Ecuador Confirms Snowden Seeking Asylum There
Ecuador's foreign minister said Monday his country will act not on its interests but on its principles as it considers an asylum request from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, wanted for revealing classified U.S. secrets.
Ethanol: Boost for Cars or Bust?
A feverish lobbying campaign by both oil and ethanol interests has spread from Congress to the White House and the Supreme Court.
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.
Shuqualak Rebuilding After April Tornado
Two months after a devastating tornado swept through Noxubee County, the residents of Shuqualak are rebuilding their homes and their lives.
Miss. Unemployment at 9.1 Percent in May
Mississippi's unemployment rate dropped slightly to 9.1 percent in May, and the state was tied with Illinois for the second-highest seasonal adjusted jobless rate in the nation.
Bulldogs On the Brink
The Mississippi State Bulldog baseball team woke up Friday morning in a unique position—not just to the school, but to the state of Mississippi, a bastion of college baseball excellence.
Fact-Check: The NSA and Sept. 11
In defending the NSA's sweeping collection of Americans' phone call records, Obama administration officials have repeatedly pointed out how it could have helped thwart the 9/11 attacks.