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Local Person Charged in 2nd Buttocks Injection Death
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood's office sent out the following news release this afternoon: Jackson, MS—A Hinds County resident has been arrested a second time for depraved heart murder, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Tracey Lynn Garner (formerly known as Morris Garner), age 52, of Jackson was arrested Thursday …
Troubled Miss. Prison Gets New Warden
The East Mississippi Correction Facility, which recently became the subject of a class-action lawsuit, is getting a new warden. Management and Training Corporation, the Utah-based private company that operates the prison for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, released the following statement: EAST MISSISSIPPI CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WELCOMES NEW WARDEN Jerry Buscher …
West Street Construction Begins
Construction to replace a 90-year-old water line and three feet of Yazoo clay began today on West Street between Woodrow Wilson Avenue and Marshall Street. The construction has forced the close of both southbound lanes from Woodrow Wilson Avenue to Millsaps Avenue, and one northbound lane in the same area. …
It's Official: Flaggs is Outta Here
Veteran state Rep. George Flaggs will officially retire from the Mississippi House of Representatives on June 30. Flaggs, a Democrat, recently survived a gauntlet of a race for Vicksburg in which the incumbent became the focus of a federal corruption probe and another contender became a victim of her own …
MSGOP Issues Anti-Obamacare Resolution
In a unanimous and completely unsurprising move, the Mississippi Republican Central Committee rejected the federal Affordable Care Act, which Congress passed three years ago. The state GOP said it was supporting the positions of the state's Three Tops--Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Speaker Philip Gunn--in resisting the …
The Hotel Announcement (No, not THAT one)
I got my hopes up today when I saw an item on a city council workshop meeting agenda about a tax increment financing (TIF) for a hotel project in downtown Jackson. We've heard rumors for weeks the city is close to a deal with a hotel management group to build …
Jackson Utility Management Project Jobs Fair
The city of Jackson hosts the Jackson Utility Management Project Jobs Fair Wednesday, June 12.
Mississippi Dems Hang on to Mayor Seats, Turn Others Blue
Mississippi Democrats are basking in the post-electoral bliss of having held on to or picked up a number of mayor's seats yesterday. A shock to no one, Democrat Chokwe Lumumba coasted to a W in Jackson (lesson here for future secret campaign engineers: being on the down-low never helped anyone). …
Clarion-Ledger Greets Lumumba Win with Negative Front Page
You know, Harvey Johnson told the JFP once that The Clarion-Ledger was still institutionally racist, and doesn't even know it, and they have done little—consistently, any way—over the years to prove that it's not true. After Lumumba's historic (whether you like him or not) win, THIS was the front-page news …
Did a working mother raise you? Tell us about her.
Gov. Phil Bryant stepped in it yesterday when he blamed working mothers with the challenges in education. Since then, we've seen people posting tributes to their working mothers on social media. We'd like to collect them here, as a tribute of sorts to the amazing women who have built America, …
A Little Thing Called 'Science' Disputes Phil Bryant's Working Mother Claim
I guess it's no surprise that Gov. Phil Bryant told The Washington Post that education went to pot when women started entering the workplace: We're guessing he's a fan of FOX News, and they've been hawking that meme, Melanie Tannenbaum blogs at Scientific American. Even thought it's news to us …
Miss. Chapter of NOW Insists that Gov. Bryant Apologize to Working Mothers
Verbatim statement, just in: National Organization for Woman, Mississippi Insists Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant apologize for statements against working mothers The Mississippi Chapter of the National Organization for Women condemns the comments Governor Phil Bryant made regarding working women and working families being the cause of education problems in Mississippi. …
Ludacris Shows Lumumba Some 'Southern Hospitality'
The campaign to elect Chokwe Lumumba as Jackson's next mayor just posted a video of rapper Ludacris endorsing Lumumba for mayor and urging Jacksonians to vote today. You can see the video here. The secret, underground Quentin Whitwell write-in campaign could be doomed if they don't get an emergency endorsement …
Phil Bryant blames education problems on "moms ... in the workplace"
Yes, he did. The Washington Post is reporting that our esteemed governor, Phil Bryant, blamed working mothers for the problems in the education system: Bryant was participating in a Washington Post Live event focused on the importance of ensuring that children read well by the end of third grade. In …
Part 2: Medgar, Martin and Malcolm: Which Way Chokwe?
What will the election of new Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba mean for our somewhat besieged city and the communities that surround it? (anyone who lives in the Jackson metro area and who doesn’t believe that as Jackson goes so goes the metro area is being both short-sighted and provincial). How will he choose to govern the city, and how will his lifetime of civil rights activism and his career as a defense lawyer influence his decision making and term as mayor?
Why does the Ledger's Brian Eason ooze contempt for so many Jacksonians?
OK, Snark King, it's your turn. I've had it in the back of my head to blog about a really offensive post by The Clarion-Ledger's city reporter Brian Eason for weeks now, but it had fallen to the side in the need to report actual news. But while cleaning up …
New York Times Finds (Parts of) Jackson Delightful
Social media is buzzing today about a New York Times article that features a lot of amazing personalities and locally owned businesses that make our city great—many of which started in the city's last decade of progress. This is the kind of media we need to see more of about …
Is Bryant Trying to Influence the Ethics Commission?
Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Rickey L. Cole's letter to the state ethics commission.
Lumumba Files General Election Report
Democratic nominee for the mayor's office Chokwe Lumumba has filed a general election campaign finance report, which you can read here. Councilman Lumumba has raised $71,614 since April 28, and spent $74,696 in that same period, leaving him with $15,333 in the tank headed into the June 4 general election …