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AP JACKSON, MS (AP) – A proposal to give back-to-school shoppers a tax break is still alive at the Mississippi Capitol. The Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that will exempt sales tax on clothing […]

(Jackson, Miss.) – The Mississippi Center for Justice will host a free legal clinic, Thursday, March 19, to assist Jackson-area residents with a variety of issues, including foreclosure prevention, payday lending debt, public school discipline […]

AP JACKSON, MS (AP) – Mississippi might join more than three dozen other states in requiring “fire-safe” cigarettes that extinguish themselves if left unattended. The cigarettes are made with two or three bands of less-porous […]

AP JACKSON, MS (AP) – The Mississippi Highway Patrol has continued unfair practices since a racial discrimination complaint was filed on behalf of black state troopers, and the agency’s chief should be removed or have […]

Associated Press JACKSON, MS (AP) – Some Senate Democrats say they want the chance to vote on legislation that urges Gov. Haley Barbour to accept all of Mississippi’s share of the federal stimulus. The group […]

WASHINGTON – Reversing Bush policy, President Barack Obama on Monday cleared the way for a significant increase in federal dollars for embryonic stem cell research and promised no scientific data will be “distorted or concealed […]

AP JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Senate wants to make it more difficult for convicts to get out of prison after the recent parole and pardon of convicted murderers. Legislation approved Thursday in the […]

On Monday March 9, 2008 and Tuesday March 10, 2009 the Jackson Convention Complex will host the “Get Motivated Seminar.” The popular event is expected to draw a capacity crowds on both days. People who […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Dirk B. Vanderleest is the chief executive officer of the Jackson Municipal Airport Authority with management and oversight re-sponsibilities for both Jackson-Evers International Airport and Hawkins Field Airport. He was […]

JACKSON, MS – Volunteers, advocates and stakeholders in the diabetes community will gather at the state capitol in Jackson to present information about diabetes, provide health screenings and meet with their members of the Mississippi […]