Mayor Yarber Issues Statement on Best Buy Closing
This is full, verbatim release from the office Mayor Tony Yarber: “The Administration has been in communication with Best Buy regularly since June 2014 and was advised sales were strong and that the Jackson store would not close. Under Best Buy’s current business model, the company has shifted its focus …
Jackson State University Has Housed All Students on Wait List
Jackson State University has announced that all students who were on the waiting list for housing this semester have been placed, after an initial scramble. The incoming freshmen class is the largest the university has ever seen. There are a few spaces available to accommodate late arrivals or those who …
$14.6 Million Tax-Forfeited Property Sale Starts Aug. 27
Bidding on 360 parcels of tax-forfeited property will begin tomorrow, city and state officials said today. The Mississippi Secretary of State holds properties when owners fail to pay ad valorem property taxes, which provides funding to city and county governments as well as local schools. Of the approximately $75 million …
Mississippi Colleges Ranked by 'Best Value'
It's back to school time which means time to figure out financial aid, student loans and other expenses for most college students. Smart Asset, a financial advising website, has created a Student Loan Calculator for students to estimate how much they will owe monthly and in total by the time …
City Council Offers $7 Million in Cuts to Avoid Furlough, Tax Hikes
The Jackson City Council outlined more than $7 million in savings in order to avoid Mayor Tony Yarber's proposal to furlough city workers and raise local property taxes to fill a budget hole. Yarber proposed a one-day-per-month furlough for full-time employees and a property tax increase of 8 percent to …
Mississippi Cities That Have Taken Down the State Flag
On Tuesday, Oxford and Greenwood joined several other Mississippi counties and cities that have removed the state flag from city property. Mississippi is the only (and the last) state with the Confederate symbol on its state flag. An ad that ran this week in the Clarion-Ledger listed over 60 prominent …
Blue Bell Ice Cream is Back But Not to Mississippi Just Yet
Southerners (and my mom) rejoice: After halting production for what seemed to many like an eternity, Blue Bell is back. Here's the announcement from the Texas-based company: Brenham, TX, August 17, 2015 – Blue Bell Creameries announced today it will begin distributing ice cream to select markets on Monday, August …
Over 11,000 Mississippi Residents Signed Up for Healthcare.gov in 4-Month Period
11,466 Mississippi residents signed up for health insurance through healthcare.gov during the special enrollment period from February 23 to June 30. According to a new report released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 46 percent of Mississippi residents enrolled because they had lost coverage. Other reasons for enrollment …
City of Jackson Calls for Emergency Water Conservation
This release came from the City this morning, verbatim: Effective immediately, The City of Jackson has issued an emergency water conservation request for all customers served by the City’s Water System. The city’s Department of Public Works has determined that system-wide water conservation measures are needed at this time to …
Mississippi's Same-Sex Couple Adoption Ban Challenged in Federal Court
A lawsuit to challenge Mississippi's same-sex couple adoption ban was filed in federal court by the Campaign for Southern Equality today. Mississippi is the only state in the nation that still bans gay couples from adopting children. The case, Campaign for Southern Equality v. Mississippi Department of Human Services, was …
West Point Historian Answers the Question: Was the Civil War About Slavery?
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Madison Not for Rent: Only “High Quality” People Need Apply
Hysteria grows in the land of brick and honey as the City of Madison do what they can to keep renters out.
Republican Pickering's Robo-Calls Target Pritchett for being 'LGBT'
Stacey Pickering, the incumbent Republican candidate for auditor, is targeting his opponent, Joce Pritchett, for being an "LGBT Candidate" in his campaign's automated calls. One robocall that ran before the primary states: "The liberal left-wing media has their own agenda in the state auditor's race...They want to see their LGBT …
Jackson Among First Bloomberg Philanthropies’ “What Works Cities”
Full release from the office of Mayor Tony Yarber: Jackson, Miss., Selected as One of First Cities to Participate in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ “What Works Cities”Initiative Jackson to use data and evidence to advance strategic goals Jackson, Miss.–August 5, 2015 –Mayor Tony T. Yarber announced today that Jackson is one of …
Don't Forget to Vote on Tuesday
If you are planning to vote on Tuesday, don’t forget to bring a photo ID. In the 2011 November election 62 percent of Mississippi voters approved a Constitutional Amendment that requires voters to present photo IDs before casting in-person ballots at polls or circuit clerk offices. The only exemptions to …