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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
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.
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Crime
Barbour Pardonee Involved in Fatal Shooting
A man who received a pardon from former Gov. Haley Barbour is a suspect in a shooting in Calhoun County.
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Health Care
The Exchange Spat
Republicans are fighting themselves over a Mississippi health-insurance exchange.
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Congress Ushering in New Members, with Old Divide
Congress is ushering in the new and the old — dozens of eager freshmen determined to change Washington and the harsh reality of another stretch of bitterly divided government.
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Education
The Battle Over Schooling
Public-school K-12 education is slated to take a top spot on Mississippi lawmakers’ agendas again this year. Heat notwithstanding, Republicans will probably get their way on both issues.
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City & County
Jackson’s Legislative Agenda
What Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. wants to see from the state Legislature hasn’t changed much in the past year.
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The Circus is in Town: 2013 Legislative Preview
Gov. Phil Bryant has big plans for the 2013 legislative session. For the past few months, he’s been busy selling his agenda.
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GOP Governors Walk Balance Beam on Health Law
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market.
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Most Intriguing Jacksonians 2012
For better or worse, you talked about them. A lot. Some deserved it. Others? Well ...
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Legislators Across the Country Wading into Gun Control Debate, NRA Leader Calls for a Cop in Every School
ATLANTA (AP) — As President Barack Obama urges tighter federal gun laws, state legislators around the country have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a flurry of their own …
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Gun Control Debate Heating Up in Statehouses
As President Barack Obama urges tighter federal gun laws, state legislators around the country have responded to the Connecticut school shooting with a flurry of their own ideas that are …
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Report: Close 1 Ag School, Convert 1 and Keep 1
One of Mississippi's independent agricultural high schools would be closed under a recommendation by the state Board of Education, while another could see its mission reworked or be given to …
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Business
Enviros Warn of 'Kemper Cliff'
The Mississippi Sierra Club is warning about a controversial power project sending electricity ratepayers over the "Kemper Cliff."
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
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.
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Business
A Duty to Disclose?
Mississippi environmentalists say former Gov. Haley Barbour isn't telling the whole truth about his eager boosterism for Mississippi Power Co.'s Kemper County Coal project.
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Health Care
Rebel On The Exchange
Mississippi's insurance commissioner has no qualms about bucking his party.
