Hinds Judge Blocks Open Carry Law, For Now
Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Winston Kidd this evening issued a temporary restraining order for a state gun law that would have taken effect July 1. The law amended an existing statute to clarify that carrying weapons in plain view without a permit is legal. At a press conference yesterday, …
Keep Calm. It's Just the Police Shooting.
If you're in Jackson tonight and you hear gunfire, don't worry. It's not the sound of voter-ID proponents celebrating the dismantling of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It's not the beginnings of the Republic of New Afrika's armed insurrection. It's just members of the Jackson Police Department shooting guns. JPD …
U.S. Supreme Court Sends Affirmative Action Case Back to Texas
In a near unanimous 7-1 decision announced earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court decline to rule in Fisher v. University of Texas.
Hinds CC Offers GED Prep Classes
This summer, Hinds Community College will hold classes for people who want to finish their General Education Development (GED) high-school equivalency.
Coleman Resigns As JPD Chief
Jackson television station WLBT is reporting that JPD Chief Rebecca Coleman has resigned. The 61-year-old Coleman has served as a JPD officer for 24 years. Mayor-elect Chokwe Lumumba said at a WAPT/Clarion-Ledger debate at Mississippi College's School of Law that, if elected, he would replace Coleman. Coleman told WLBT her …
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. …
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.
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 …