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National
Supreme Court Rules for Missouri Church in Playground Case
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that churches have the same right as other charitable groups to seek state money for new playground surfaces and other non-religious needs.
Crime
Three Accused in Child's Death to Appear in Court Monday
Three Mississippi teenagers charged in connection with the shooting death of a 6-year-old boy are scheduled to appear in court Monday.
National
Trump Eager for Big Meeting with Putin; Some Advisers Wary
President Donald Trump is eager to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin with full diplomatic bells and whistles when the two are in Germany for a multinational summit next month.
LGBT
Supreme Court Takes on New Clash of Gay Rights, Religion
The Supreme Court is taking on a new clash between gay rights and religion in a case about a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in Colorado.
Person of the Day
Matthew Horton and Travis Mills
When the John Krasinski film "The Hollers" was holding an open casting call in Jackson in 2015, 33-year-old engineer Matthew Horton says he didn't have anything going on, so he …
Health Care
Senate GOP Releases 'Obamacare' Overhaul, but Not All Aboard
Senate Republicans released their long-awaited bill Thursday to dismantle much of Barack Obama's health care law, proposing to cut Medicaid and erase tax boosts that helped Obama finance his expansion …
LGBT
House Bill 1523 Becomes Law after 5th Circuit Overturns Injunction
The controversial "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Religious Discrimination Act" is now state law, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the 2016 injunction that prevented House Bill …
Person of the Day
Tony DiCicco
Former U.S. Women's National Soccer Team head coach Tony DiCicco died from cancer at the age of 68 on Monday, June 19.
Art
From ‘Archie’ to Space Circus
Lyndsay Simpson traces her love of drawing and art back to one of the more vivid memories from her childhood: When she was younger, her grandmother would take her grocery …
Cover
Still Fighting at Home: Transgender Veterans Caught in the Flux
Some top-down changes coming soon to the VA could help alleviate inadvertent or purposeful discrimination against LGBT veterans. Due to a recent change, all VA medical centers now have the …
City & County
Creating a Culture of Wellness in Jackson
When a company considers relocating or expanding to a city, it considers more than the conditions of its streets. The health of the population is also a factor because it …
Editorial
Democracy Only Works in Public View
The Mississippi attorney general's office releasing the TAC report, which details how the state should work to fix its children's mental- and behavioral-health care system, this week is just one …
Civil Rights
Safe in Our Own ‘Castles’
One of the last places I want to find myself when traveling with my family is on the side of dark stretch of freeway with flashing lights behind me.
City & County
Blight, Fines and Violations
The State of Mississippi has taken over 3,500 abandoned and blighted properties that previous owners failed to pay taxes on for three years.
Jacksonian
Devin Guillory
As a child, Devin Guillory was not interested in science, which says that she now blames on societal attitudes toward science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, fields. At the …
Civil Rights
Mississippi Mentoring Program Teaches Civil Rights History
A mentoring program in Mississippi is teaching young people about civil rights history.
Biz Roundup
E&L at the Metrocenter, New District Tenants and Mississippi Film and Video Alliance
E&L Barbeque has partnered with Next Level Experience, an event space located inside the former Belk at the Metrocenter Mall, to open a second E&L location in the venue's restaurant …
Environment
AP-NORC Poll: Few Favor Trump Move to Ditch Paris Accord
Less than one-third of Americans support President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a new poll shows, and just 18 percent of respondents agree with his …
Health Care
McConnell says GOP Getting Ready for Senate Health Care Vote
Republicans are getting ready for Senate votes on legislation scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday among growing indications that the climactic vote …
Politics
Vigorous Absentee Voting Can Sway Mississippi Elections
State law allows voters who are 65 and older, or will otherwise be unavailable to vote on election day, to cast absentees through the mail or in person at a …
