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Department of Human Services Executive Director John Davis (pictured) told the state House Appropriations Committee …

Mississippi Agencies: Shutdown Could Spark Worker Furloughs

Mississippi's welfare and child protection agencies could have to begin furloughing state employees without pay because federal welfare money has been interrupted by the federal government shutdown.

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Terry Burton

Republican Sen. Terry Burton of Newton was hospitalized after suffering a stroke Thursday and his family is requesting privacy, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said in a statement.

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.

JPD's Officer-Involved Shootings

The City of Jackson honored a JFP public-records request for names and status of JFP officers involved in shootings since July 2017, in light of a recent executive order the mayor signed.

Trump, Congress Leaders Reach Deal to End Shutdown

Yielding to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump and congressional leaders on Friday reached a short-term deal to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations continue over the president's demands for money to build his long-promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.

"There are discussions on the Senate side," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters Friday morning …

Family members held a press conference next to the car George Robinson was in when …

Family members comfort Vernice Robinson after a press conference on Jan. 24. Her son, George …

Bettersten Wade, the sister of George Robinson, demands "justice" at a press conference at the …

'They Brutalized My Brother': George Robinson's Family Accuse JPD of 'Murder'

"You all are not at a press conference today. You are at a crime scene," attorney Dennis Sweet IV told reporters gathered next to an early 2000s Impala in the Washington Addition on Thursday.