AltWeeklies Wire
Rep. Bennie Thompson Pulls Ranknew
As a member of Congress, Bennie Thompson sees his role as a conduit for grants and other kinds of support, but he is frustrated that cities and counties in his district don't always take full advantage of federal cash.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-08-2012 |
Elections
A Woman's Powernew
Forty years after Roe v. Wade, conservatives are shoving women's backs to the wall. Again.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
03-07-2012 |
Commentary
The Gulf of Hollandnew
Two weeks ago, Steve Holland set the internet afire when news broke of his bill to stop calling the large body of water to our south the Gulf of Mexico and start calling it the Gulf of America.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
02-23-2012 |
Politics
Can't Do Nothin' For Ya, Mannew
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is grounded, and the Legislature's allowance is being reduced. This week, Bryant made his first executive budget recommendation to lawmakers at the Capitol. As expected, he took a do-the-same-with-less approach to government spending.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
02-09-2012 |
Politics
How Mississippians Defeated Personhoodnew
Grassroots activists used social media and homegrown outspokenness to stop an extreme anti-abortion measure on the ballot.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
11-28-2011 |
Elections
Grassroots Mamas: ‘We Did It!’new
Just before 10 p.m. last night, Lori Gregory Garrott ran out of her Fondren home, stood on the front lawn and looked around before shouting, "We just won!" She yelled again, louder: "We just won!" The co-founder of Parents Against 26 had to tell the night sky a third time that Mississippi grassroots mamas defeated the Personhood Initiative.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
11-09-2011 |
Elections
Personhood Supporters Shocked, Undeterrednew
Supporters of Initiative 26 were unprepared for defeat Tuesday evening, as a group of about a hundred gathered after the polls closed for a "watch and pray" event. Children played in a nearby fountain while teens and adults watched election results flash on the bottom of an oversized TV projection.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
11-09-2011 |
Elections
Can He Do It?new
Democrat Johnny DuPree could be Mississippi's first black governor, but the state's disorganized party raises questions.
Jackson Free Press |
Robbie Ward |
10-27-2011 |
Elections
Jim Hood Makes His Marknew
Mississippi's attorney general, the only Democrat holding a state office, fights for re-election.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
10-14-2011 |
Elections
Johnny DuPree Aims to Win Mississippinew
Johnny DuPree needs 38 percent of the white vote to become the first black governor of Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
09-01-2011 |
Elections
Chairman Bryantnew
Will Mississippi elect a radical-right governor?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
08-03-2011 |
Elections
Is Advance Mississippi Pushing Energy Overkill?new
The former mayor of Tupelo, Miss. is heading a new energy advocacy group that critics say is pushing for a prohibitively expensive lignite coal plant and expansions of the Grand Gulf nuclear facility.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
Budget Battle Shows Barbour's Mettlenew
The Mississippi state budget negotiations were like a summer blockbuster: expensive, full of strong language, boring and too long. Gov. Haley Barbour played a starring role, and like any diva, he got what he wanted much of the time.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
A Mississippi Senator's Connection to a White Supremacist Groupnew
Mississippians react to state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol's being the "surprise" guest speaker at the annual white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens conference.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
God and Abstinencenew
At the Mississippi Department of Human Services' "Abstinence Works: Let's Talk About It" summit, we didn't talk about abstinence. But we sure did chant, cheer, dance, pray and sing about it. Here are a few (of the many) things that stood out to me.
Jackson Free Press |
Kate Royals |
06-26-2009 |
Commentary
