AltWeeklies Wire
November Election: Party Lines Drawn Earlynew
Education funding, job creation and fighting corruption are at the top of many Mississippi statewide candidates' lists heading into the November election.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
Keep on Truckin: Meet Robert Graynew
It was not until 7:36 on the morning of Aug. 5 that anyone found out what Robert Gray looked like, much less how he wound up being the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for Mississippi governor.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
‘Empower’ PAC Helps Oust Anti-Charter Republicansnew
Empower Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to school choice, used its political arm, the Empower PAC, to unseat four incumbent Republican candidates for the Mississippi House of Representatives in the DeSoto County primary elections on Aug. 4.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-13-2015 |
Elections
Pro-Cochran PAC Sheds Light on GOP Primarynew
Recent federal-campaign finance reports shed new light into spending that took place in the final days of the grueling Republican primary in June.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
10-24-2014 |
Elections
The Faces of Travis Childersnew
Travis Childers, a former congressman from Booneville, hopes traditional Democratic voters and tea-party members can help him upset Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in November.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
10-24-2014 |
Elections
Too Little Too Late?new
State Sen. Chris McDaniel's election challenge has been going on for nearly four months, but the hopeful politician hasn't gotten his way so far.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
10-09-2014 |
Politics
Faulty Senate Race Calls for Election Changenew
The 2014 U.S. Senate race pinned two sides of the Republican Party against each other in a heated primary that presented more possible problems with Mississippi's election law than it did focus on issues facing the state and solutions in either the Mississippi Legislature or the U.S. Congress.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
09-18-2014 |
Elections
Mississippi Primaries: Open or Not?new
Party primaries in Mississippi are considered "open," even though the state's election code states that "no person shall be eligible to participate in any primary election unless he intends to support the nominations made in the primary in which he participates."
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
08-22-2014 |
Politics
Black is the New Black: How Blacks Changed the GOP Gamenew
In the aftermath of the Republican Senate primary, race has become the defining issue for Mississippi Republicans, trumping even issues that are typical flashpoints in conservative politics such as national defense, immigration reform, dismantling Obamacare or abortion.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
07-25-2014 |
Politics
It’s Time to Change ‘The Game’new
In most every election, we just move around the chess pieces but no one ever really wins, certainly not the voters.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
07-24-2014 |
Commentary
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad GOP Race for U.S. Senatenew
The clock is ticking for Sen. Chris McDaniel's senatorial campaign to file a challenge to the U.S. Senate race run-off election results after the Mississippi Republican Party certified Thad Cochran's win Monday night. McDaniel's challenge comes after numerous allegations of fraudulent activity.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe and Donna Ladd |
07-10-2014 |
Politics
What's Wrong with the GOP?new
There is something wrong with the Republican Party.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
07-26-2013 |
Commentary
Move Your Feetnew
Democracy is people, and the people are us.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
04-08-2013 |
Commentary
Between Man and His Godnew
Some really smart people knew that when they wrote the First Amendment, which includes two intertwining clauses to ensure that no one abridges our freedom of religion by trying to establish their own. Put simply, the government doesn't get to pick or establish or force any particular faith or its prayers and practices, because that obviously endangers freedom of religion for all of us.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-15-2013 |
Commentary
More Gun Control in Mississippinew
With statewide household gun ownership at 54 percent in Mississippi, it's no secret that heightened gun-control laws aren't likely to get much support from the state Legislature.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
01-17-2013 |
Commentary
