There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them:
- A new resolution to convert the JATRAN bus system to run on natural gas could save the City millions and free up funding that can go toward several maintenance issues.
- Jackson City Councilmen Melvin Priester Jr. and De’Keither Stamps say big questions remain with the operation of new electronic water meters the city has installed in 10,000 homes.
- Madison County Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger is being accused of knocking down, slapping and kicking a mentally disabled young black man and yelling a racial slur: "Run, n*gger, run."
- Brothers Will and Jones McPherson, owners of JJ Brothers LLC, are bringing the Lost Pizza Co. restaurant to Jackson's Maywood Mart.
- Youth activists Albert Skyes and Jed Oppenheim are two of the organizers for the Freedom Summer Youth Congress, which takes place this summer in Jackson.
- Any day now the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could decide the constitutionality of a law that would close the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, effectively banning abortion in the state.
- Pam Kinsey's art studio is on a small lake in Cleary, Miss., nestled between Byram and Florence. The building is quiet and serene, not unlike her vividly real and serene pastel works.
- Howard Stevens, a professor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, led a COSEBOC workshop in which participants paired up to talk about racial incidents.
- Extensive research shows that all children are prone to learning losses when they do not have educational opportunities during the summer.
- Dr. Cedrick Gray, Jackson Public Schools superintendent, believes COSEBOC can help JPS and its boys of color make better decisions at school and school-related events.
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