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‘That wasn’t my question:’ Jackson voters seeking answers contend with candidate ‘ego’ at forums
Some candidates sounded more invested in the loss of one of their opponents than in their own victory.
We contacted each of the whopping 54 Jacksonians in the upcoming city elections.
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Yacht, strip club, bags of cash: The traveling FBI sting that set the stage for bribery charges against Jackson officials
The Jackson bribery scandal features a sunset sail on a Miami yacht, a taxpayer-funded trip to a strip club, bags of cash and three blocks of blighted concrete. Here’s the story.
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House Chairman kills bill aimed at building Jackson casino, says votes weren’t there
House Bill 1879 would have granted one gaming establishment already licensed in Mississippi the legal authority to build a casino in Jackson.
Forty years after health official scaled fence in Jackson to save malnourished personal care home residents, unchecked horrors remain
The number of unregulated personal care homes started growing in the 1980s after state mental hospitals were forced to discharge thousands of patients into the community. But 40 years and several policy changes later, state law allows many to continue operating under the radar, sometimes housing residents in dire conditions.
Former Jackson mayor: I wish Mississippians valued their capital city more
Former Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson: “Jackson is the trunk of the tree. And if Jackson dies, then all of the branches will die. So there needs to be a greater appreciation, in my mind, of the value of Jackson.”
In a city without a plan, anti-public sleeping bills pop up at Jackson City Hall and state Capitol
Multiple bills that target homeless encampments in Jackson have moved out of their respective houses. Advocates worry about the impact on one of the most vulnerable populations in a city without a homeless coordinator.
Podcast: Lawmaker outlines city of Jackson legislative issues
State Rep. Zakiya Summers discusses with Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe, Maya Miller and Geoff Pender some of the issues the Capitol city of Jackson and the Metro Area face, and legislative priorities to deal with them.
Long-delayed, state-appointed Jackson court opens: ‘We’re working out the bugs’
Judge Stanley Alexander presided over the first session of the CCID court Monday and answered questions with fellow judicial appointee James Holland.
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