Jackson Free Press

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:

1. Public-education advocates are taking House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Herb Frierson, R-Poplarville, to task for using what they call scare tactics to defeat an upcoming statewide ballot referendum on school funding.
2. Roy Decker of Duvall Decker discussed plans for The Fondren, in one of Jackson's arts districts, at the weekly Friday Forum at Koinonia Coffee House.
3. Joce Pritchett is making history with her run for the office of state auditor, as she is the first openly gay statewide candidate to run in Mississippi.
4. While the U.S. Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling was monumental in American legal history and a cause for celebration by LGBT citizens, the reality is that the court ruled on same-sex marriage and nothing more, legal experts say.
5. Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, the Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization, has again staved off closure, but the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide its fate.
6. If he could bring Delbert Hosemann and Kenny Stokes together for a common cause, Henry Fuller, 30, thinks he get Hinds County back on track as the District 5 representative on the Hinds County Board of Supervisors.
7. Eric Stringfellow's path, from a newspaper reporter in the tiny eastern Illinois town of Danville to candidate for the candidate for Hinds County Board Supervisor, isn't as unlikely as it may seem at first glance.
8. Regulators are ordering Mississippi Power Co. to lower its rates later this month and plan for refunds by November for customers who want them.
9. Mississippi prison officials have filed notice that they plan to appeal continued federal court oversight of the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility.
10. A crowd of more than 50 people gathered on the steps of the Mississippi Capitol this morning, armed with Confederate flags.

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