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Business
Hosemann Trashes SEC
Mississippi is once again locking horns with the federal government, but this time it's about neither guns nor affordable health-care insurance—it's about securities fraud.
Domestic Violence
New Oversight for Domestic-Violence Funds?
Several lawmakers have proposed bills that would establish an interpersonal-violence commission to monitor and distribute funds to domestic-violence shelters.
City & County
Williams: Families and Faith
Independent Jackson mayoral candidate Richard "Chip" Williams wants to focus on the family.
City & County
Shorting MAEP Basically a Tax Hike
Dr. Cedrick Gray, the superintendent of Jackson Public Schools, seems to be proving tight-fisted Mississippi lawmakers right when they say it doesn't necessarily take throwing money at schools to improve …
City & County
How to Save a Zoo
De'Keither Stamps picked the zoo over the circus—of the Jackson mayor's race.
City & County
A Hands-On Tony Yarber Administration?
"Tony won!" exclaimed a man to a small, growing crowd outside one of the main ballrooms at the King Edward Hotel on Tuesday night.
Graduation Rates, Test Scores Up
Mississippi's graduation rate rate rose to 73.7 percent in 2011, according to the state Department of Education.
State
McGowan: 'Everybody's Together' on One Lake
Since scrapping the highly controversial Two Lakes plan in favor of a more modest single-lake concept in 2011, Levee Board meetings have been relatively tame.
City & County
Abortion Clinic Firestorm
A little after noon Wednesday, an ambulance arrived at the Jackson Women's Health Organization--Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic.
Politics
A Threat to Power
From the beginning, no matter what the clueless pundits said about how close the presidential race would be, there was one huge thing standing in the way of a Republican …
Politics
No JSU Stadium Money in Bond Bill
Some lawmakers are decrying the absence of funding for a new Jackson State University football stadium in the $196.4 million bond package that Mississippi House and Senate budget negotiators worked …
City & County
Analysis: No Safe Wards in Mayor's Race
As of this morning, nine individuals—two women and seven men—have said they would participate in the special election to replace late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba.
Civil Rights
Earlier Neshoba Jail Death Raises Questions
Before the death of Rexdale Henry in the Neshoba County Jail in July, there was Michael McDougle.
State
DA Robert Smith Called Grand Jury That Criticizes Sheriff Tyrone Lewis
Robert Shuler Smith, the Hinds County district attorney, empanelled the grand jury that delivered a damning report of Sheriff Tyrone Lewis's supervision of the Raymond Detention Center.
Politics
Who is Kris Kobach?
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is representing Mississippi in a lawsuit against the Obama administration.
City & County
Mud Flies Late in Ward 1 Race
Residents of northeast Jackson's Ward 1 are heading to the polls once more to select their representative to the city council.
City & County
Yarber's City Shakeup Targets JRA, Judge
Mayor Tony Yarber's city shakeup continues as he has moved to terminate a municipal judge and is likely to appoint several new members to the Jackson Redevelopment Authority.
Editor's Note
Stonewall, Jackson and the Little Moments that Matter Most
I've had more encounters with police in the three and a half years I've lived in Mississippi than ever before in my life.
Inmates Injured in Jail Fight
A fight that broke out this afternoon at the downtown Jackson jail resulted in injuries for three prisoners, WAPT reports.
Person of the Day
Calvin Stodghill
Calvin Stodghill bought Martin's Lounge when its longtime patriarch and namesake, Martin Lassiter, got too sick to run the lounge.
