Business

Working Together Jackson endorses proposed Jackson sales tax increase

The Mississippi Link Newswire On December 5 2013, the Working Together Jackson (WTJ)  Executive Committee voted unanimously to endorse the proposed 1% sales increase. Infrastructure repair is one of WTJ’s top priorities, and all of the […]

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Former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain dies at 85

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain, a Democrat who appointed significant numbers of women and minorities to government jobs and strengthened the executive branch by removing legislators from state boards, died Monday. […]

Health

Obama announces grace period plan for canceled insurance policies

The Associated Press President Obama announced Thursday morning that he will support a plan that allows Americans to keep insurance policies that would otherwise be canceled under the Affordable Care Act. People will be able to […]

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Man arrested in fatal shooting of his mother and half-brother in Oxford

OXFORD, Mississippi (AP) — A 25-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with the death of his mother and 12-year-old half-brother. Memphis, Tenn.-based WMC-TV reports Reggis Mister is accused of killing Carol Lavett Gary and Patrick Earl […]

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Strongest typhoon of the year slams Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The world’s strongest typhoon of the year slammed into the Philippines early Friday. It had been poised to be the strongest tropical cyclone ever recorded at landfall, a weather expert said. […]

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3rd grader presents check to the American Cancer Society

The Mississippi Link Newswire On November 3, 2013 at Word and Worship Church, Jackson, Mississippi, Enyla Blackmon presented to Tracey Wade of the American Cancer Society a check for $5,000.00.  Blackmon began saving pennies for […]