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McCoy Urges Barbour Against Cold Feet on Stimulus
Mississippi House Speaker Billy McCoy offered a public plea Thursday to Gov. Haley Barbour to accept federal money offered through a proposed congressional stimulus package worth more than $800 billion. …
Flaggs: Keep Check Cashers Act
Mississippi House of Representatives Banking Committee Chairman George Flaggs, D-Vicksburg, says he wants to extend the life of the 1998 Mississippi Check Cashers Act, which allows short-term lenders a special …
First Black Judge Sworn In Under Barbour
The state of Mississippi swore in its first African American judge under Republican Gov. Haley Barbour this morning.
City Seeks Removal of Visitor's Bureau Expiration Date
The Jackson City Council's Legislative Budget Committee moved forward to re-authorize the Convention Center & Visitors Bureau yesterday, but committee Chairwoman Margaret Barrett-Simon said the committee should ask the state …
Quentin Whitwell
Quentin Whitwell, 37, is a local political advisor and the go-to guy for many campaigns in the state. He co-founded the largely Republican government-relations firm The Talon Group in 2004, …
Mason Gets Mixed Reviews
Jackson State University President Ronald Mason Jr.'s announcement last week that he will be ending his 10-year stint at JSU and taking the reins at Louisiana's Southern University and A&M …
Downtown Vandalism Creates Tension
John Gomez, associate director of business improvement of Downtown Jackson Partners, vowed that the recent vandalism at Tye's Restaurant & Bar would not significantly upset the organization's attempts to sell …
DeLaughter Sentenced to 18 Months
Update: U.S. District Judge Glen Davidson sentenced DeLaughter to 18 months this afternoon.
Corps Says Lakes Plans Dead, Wants Levees
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has told the local levee board that it has to agree on a flood-control plan for the Pearl River by the end of Septemberand …
Unions Oppose Kemper County Plant
Unions have sided with the Mississippi Sierra Club and the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities against Mississippi Power's push to build a $2.4 billion lignite-burning plant in Kemper County.
UPDATED: Judge to Rule on Mayor's Health Today; Melton Holds Press Conference
The health of Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is having a decided impact on the trial over his role in the 2006 illegal demolition of a home on Ridgeway Street. U.S. …
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Mississippi Legislature Faces a Dire Task
Mississippi legislators skulked back into the state capitol Jan. 5, keeping their body movements at a minimum and their heads low in case somebody noticed them and asked them questions …
A New Sheriff? JFP Interview with Lester Williams
In 1990 I transferred over to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics. There I was primarily assigned to the DEA and the FBI on their task force, working in major investigations. …
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The 2009 JFP Interview With Marshand Crisler
After serving as Jackson's Ward 6 Councilman for eight years, Marshand Crisler wants to give the executive branch a try.
Legislature 2006: A House United?
Last year, in the days before the new legislative session, lawmakers were ready to walk into the state capitol with their guns out. Mississippi was, and remains, a state where …
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GOP Panic: How to Save the ‘Party of Lincoln'
The Grand Old Party is living up to the "old," according to Nov. 4 exit polls. The poll revealed the vast brunt of Republican voters to be elderly, rural and …
The Sour Smell of Corruption
Of all the interesting odors hovering in the wake of the exiting Bush administration, the most pervasive smell could prove to be the sickly scent of corruption. The reek sank …
Webster: No Patience For ‘Fluff'
Retired Coahoma County Judge Joe Webster, who is presiding over Mayor Frank Melton's trial next week, is a personality with little patience for "dilly-dally," say lawyers who have worked with …
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The 2009 JFP Interview With Harvey Johnson Jr.
Harvey Johnson Jr. became Jackson's first black mayor after winning the 1997 election with about 70 percent of the vote.
