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Entries for September, 2014

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

'Stand to Expand' Rally: Citizens Support Medicaid

On August 3rd, Michael Johansson celebrated his 65th birthday and became eligible for federal government funded Medicare. While he said he is grateful for the coverage, he is saddened that other citizens of Mississippi are denied federal government funded Medicaid. This is why he has coordinated a monthly rally called ...