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City & County
Supes: Jack Up Jail Rates on Jackson
Hinds County officials say it's time for the county to start charging the city of Jackson more to house prisoners in the Raymond Detention Center. It's also time for the …
Justice
State Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Manning
Willie Jerome Manning, one of the last people the state of Mississippi attempted to execute, will get a new trial, the Mississippi Supreme Court ordered on Feb. 12.
City & County
Yarber: Eradicate Veteran Homelessness This Year
On any given night in America, approximately 50,000 veterans are homeless—those who joined the military to fight for this country—and roughly 10 percent of them are women.
Business
Epps, McCrory Indictment Outlines MDOC Bribery Scheme
Christopher Epps, the long-tenured commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and former Rankin County School Board President Cecil McCrory will be arraigned later today on a 49-count indictment in …
Business
Water Rates Likely to Rise Again
After shelving discussion last week to get more details, the Jackson City Council is scheduled to vote on a consulting contract today that is likely to result in higher water …
Interview
William Waller Jr.: No Agenda
Criticized for political donations, Mississippi State Supreme Court Chief Justice William Waller Jr. says as long as the state constitution requires judges to run for office, contributions are necessary.
City & County
‘Baba’ Chokwe: Lumumba the Mentor
Chokew Lumumba was a living, breathing history lesson, especially for up-and-coming human-rights attorneys interested in understanding the relationship between the fight for civil rights and American-style justice and fighting it …
Drink
Beer Law Changes July 1
With the stroke of his pen on April 9, Gov. Phil Bryant approved one of the most popular measures in recent history—the craft-beer bill.
Justice
Cause of Riot Revealed
Little made sense in the hours after a riot erupted at a privately run federal prison in Natchez on May 20.
Health Care
Tate Reeves and the 2013 Session
Reeves' swallowing of what he considers a bitter pill could be construed as surprising considering the adversarial approach some of his fellow Republicans--most notably Gov. Phil Bryant--have taken toward implementing …
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.
Politics
More Guns in Schools: More Black Victims
If you let teachers and other staffers bring guns into schools, a kid is likely going to get shot. And based on past discipline practices at public schools in Mississippi, …
City & County
Jackson to Curb Illegal Guns
A Jackson councilman wants to curb the presence of illegal guns with an ordinance requiring gun owners to promptly report lost or stolen guns.
Business
Renfroe: Utils Need Skin in the Game
Steve Renfroe, the newest member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission, is the man in the middle on the question of the controversial Kemper County power plant, now under construction.
City & County
State Shortchanges Domestic Abuse Shelters
Mississippi domestic-violence shelters have been shortchanged more than previously believed—$1.6 million over the course of four years.
Politics
What Gov. Bryant Left Out of His SOTS
In his fourth State of the State address, Gov. Phil Bryant reiterated much of the agenda he already laid out in his budget recommendation, but the subjects the first-term governor …
Business
Yarber, Council Push to Ban the Box for Convictions
Mayor Tony Yarber announced that the city would look to end the practice of asking about applicants' criminal records and to encourage public and private employers to do the same.
Jacksonian
Daphne R. Chamberlain
Even though she was born a generation after the murder that galvanized the Civil Rights Movement in 1955, Daphne R. Chamberlain considers herself a member of the Emmett Till Generation.
Education
College Promises: Too Good To Be True
Shirley Washington and Tiffeny Anderson had been kicking around the idea of going back to school when they came across advertisements for Virginia College. Actually, Washington stresses, the college ran …
Business
Is the Payday Soon Over for Payday Lenders?
De'Keither Stamps says that the more money people spend on payday-loan and check-cashing fees, the less they have to help bolster the City's treasury by purchasing goods and services.
