UPDATED: Fact Checking Lee
In an email circulated Wednesday night, the Jonathan Lee campaign accused Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson, Jr. of funneling big contracts for legal representation of the city to his campaign contributors.
Health Care's 'Dirty Little Secret': No One May Be Coordinating Care
Advocates for hospital patients and their families say confusion about who is managing a patient's care--and lack of coordination among those caregivers--are endemic, contributing to the estimated 44,000 to 98,000 deaths from medical errors each year.
Hill Harper
Hill Harper is a jack-of-all-trades. As an actor, he is best known for his role on "CSI: New York" as Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, but he is also an activist, author and philanthropist, as well has having a highly publicized friendship with Barack Obama. Harper is coming to speak at Jackson State University's graduation this weekend.
Students Re-Enact 1963 March Against Segregation
Fifty years ago, Birmingham leaders used fire hoses, police dogs and jailings to stop waves of students who marched out of a church and on to downtown streets seeking equal rights for blacks.
Hosemann Announces Cat Island Land Purchase
The state of Mississippi has bought 217 more acres of Cat Island to set aside for public use.
Miss. Revenue Collections Down in April
Mississippi tax collections were $46 million, or 8.2 percent, below the estimate for the month of April.
Oil Drilling Technology Leaps, Clean Energy Lags
Technology created an energy revolution over the past decade—just not the one we expected.
Hagel: U.S. Rethinking Possibly Arming Syrian Rebels
The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with the Syrian regime for more than two years, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday, becoming the first top U.S. official to publicly acknowledge the reassessment.
Miss. Ricin-Letters Case Headed to Grand Jury
A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, an FBI agent testified Thursday.
Obama OK with Morning-After Pill Sales at Age 15
President Barack Obama said Thursday he was comfortable with his administration's decision to allow over-the-counter purchases of a morning-after pill for anyone 15 and older.
Forest Service to States: Give Subsidies Back
The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing the automatic spending cuts as the basis for demanding that dozens of states return $17.9 million in federal subsidies.
Bangladesh Official: Disaster Not 'Really Serious'
Bangladesh's finance minister downplayed the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious" Friday, hours after the 500th body was pulled from the debris.
Fresh Off Victory, NRA Holds Convention in Houston
Fresh off a huge victory over President Barack Obama on gun control, the message from the National Rifle Association is clear: The fight has just begun.
Employers Add 165K jobs; Unemployment at 7.5 Pct.
Hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated
Bryant: $69M More from BP for Gulf Restoration
Gov. Phil Bryant says BP PLC has agreed to pay $69 million more for restoration projects for Mississippi Gulf Coast following the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill.
Rating the Streets
If you see a funny-looking white van canvassing the streets of Jackson, don't get too excited. It's not the ghost busters. But it might help Jackson target its worst thoroughfares for repaving.
UPDATED: The Skinny on Mayoral Campaign Finance Reports ... So Far
Democratic mayoral challenger Jonathan Lee has raised $334,560.03 since the start of the new year, according to a campaign finance report filed by his political action committee Friends of Jonathan Lee on Tuesday.
Billions Proposed for New Border Security. Where Would the Money Go?
Federal spending on border security is at an all-time high and it would get even higher under the Gang of Eight's new plan.
RIP, Orley Hood
I went up to the University of Mississippi Medical Center last week to visit my old pal, golf partner, fellow Braves and Saints lover, and much-admired writer, Orley Hood.