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Dem U.S. Senate Hopeful Travis Childers Defends Anti-Amnesty Pledge
Last week, former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers became the first Democratic congressional candidate to sign a pledge to protect American workers. The move brought criticism from some Democratic-leaning not so much because of his stance against amnesty for undocumented people—a position he has held going back to his days in …
SCOTUS Action Spurs LGBT Activists in Mississippi
The Human Rights Campaign issued the following statement on today's U.S. Supreme Court decision declining to hear several marriage equality cases before the court: HRC Mississippi committed to advancing fairness and ensuring justice across Mississippi WASHINGTON, DC—Today’s Supreme Court action provides momentum for equality work across Mississippi, and reinforces the …
Mega Magnolia Football Saturday Preview
October is the time of year when college football begins to show who is contenders and who are pretenders. This Saturday the SEC West will begin to find out who are contenders and who are pretenders, in earnest. Mississippi State and Mississippi will have the focus of most of the …
NPR: Eric Holder to Announce Resignation
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is stepping down, National Public Radio is reporting. Holder is the nation's first African American AG and one of the longest-tenured members of first-black-President Barack Obama's cabinet. According to NPR: "Two sources familiar with the decision tell NPR that Holder, 63, intends to leave the …
Museum District Area Not Only Site for Costco
Mayor Tony Yarber continues the fight to obtain a Costco in Jackson, even after encountering setbacks in last month's zoning meeting, and now says that the location on Lakeland Drive is not the only location Costco will consider, WAPT reported. "Whether it's there or other flourishing areas on (interstates) 55, …
T.I. "The King" Gets The Key (to the City)
Verbatim release from City Hall: The City of Jackson is pleased to announce that Clifford “T.I.” Harris will be in Jackson, MS on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 to raise awareness on key issues with youth in the metro area. T.I. will be delivering a message wrapped around the basic principles …
Richard Sellers Latest Entry to Ward 1 Race
Here is the full, verbatim release on Sellers' candidacy: Jackson is moving forward, but without strong conservative leadership on Jackson City Council the strides we have made will come to a halt. Jackson must be the thriving capitol city Mississippi deserves. Considering Jackson’s needs, and after much prayer and discussion …
Schools Join MAEP Lawsuit
Jackson, MS – Five Mississippi school districts have joined the fight to recover their share of almost $134 million owed to them by the State of Mississippi under the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (“MAEP”). Greene County, Humphreys County, Leland, North Bolivar and West Bolivar, join Clarksdale, Clay County, Greenville, Hattiesburg, …
Give Us Your Ideas: How to Be the Change in Jackson
Every year, to celebrate the JFP's birthday, we put the focus on great things happening in Jackson. This year, we published special "GOOD Ideas: Be the Change in Jackson" issue to celebrate the JFP's 12th birthday. The issue, which published Sept. 24, includes all sorts of great ideas of things …
College Football Week Three Picks
I correctly picked 16 of 19 games last week but I also had my first missed picked involving a Mississippi team. That brings my season record to 32-5 so far this young season, which isn't too bad if I say so myself. So, I had Millsaps beating Mary Hardin-Baylor and …
TedxJackson Speakers Announced
The speaker lineup for the first TedxJackson, taking place Nov. 6 is out. Here they are: Marina Bers, Professor at Tufts University, co-founder of KinderLab Robotics George Bey, Professor of anthropology, researcher of Mesoamerican archaeology Joel Bomgar, Founder and chairman of Bomgar Jill Connor Browne, Author and humorist, Queen Boss …
Report: Jackson State a Top 20 HBCU Value
Verbatim press release: For the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News has produced a ranking measuring the quality of the undergraduate education at historically black colleges and universities. In order to be on the list, a school must be currently designated by the U.S. Department of Education as an HBCU. To …
Federal Judge Dismisses Oakley Training School Lawsuit
U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has dismissed a federal lawsuit over conditions at Oakley Youth Development Center. According to a press release, Mississippi Department of Human Services officials credit the ruling with the agency's efforts to "better the conditions for all youth adjudicated delinquent and assigned to Oakley through Mississippi …
MY NFL Week Two Picks
It was a bloodbath for my picks in week one. I scratched and clawed my way to ten correct picks. TEN! That is good enough to get in the playoffs most seasons but instead I felt like the 2013 Arizona Cardinals after the week was over. I was just one …
Jackson Gets Adulterous
There are 22,000 Jackson residents on AshelyMadison.com—the dating website with the slogan, "Life is short. Have an affair." A study released today shows that 9 out of ten of the highest ranked Jackson neighborhoods based on number of affairs are north of Fondren. Ashely Madison CEO confirms this is consistent …
Starkville First to Grant LGBT Benefits
WASHINGTON, DC—This week, Starkville became the first city in Mississippi to extend essential medical benefits to the partners of city workers who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, commended the Mayor and Board of Aldermen for …
My NFL Picks Week One
Preseason is finally over. Starting tonight, when the Seattle Seahawks take the field as defending Super Bowl Champions against the Green Bay Packers, the games in the NFL count for real. The first four weeks of the NFL season are always hardest to pick. History tells us some team will …
Support Mississippi Indie Filmmaking
Story on the 48 Hour Film Project by Jordan Sudduth Nearly 200 filmmaking cast and crew participated Aug. 15-17 in the resurrected Mississippi competition of the 48 Hour Film Project—an international organization that promotes independent filmmaking through awareness and competitions. With a required character, prop, line of dialogue and genre, …