Jackson’s JTRAN Route Expansion Hits Snag With Ridgeland in Blow to Public-Transit Accessibility
Efforts to expand JTRAN, Jackson’s public-transit system, hit a roadblock when Ridgeland’s mayor refused to allow stops at Walmart and Northpark Mall.
Efforts to expand JTRAN, Jackson’s public-transit system, hit a roadblock when Ridgeland’s mayor refused to allow stops at Walmart and Northpark Mall.
The Ridgeland Tourism Commission opened a new visitors center in the Renaissance shopping district in February 2024.
Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba called renewed efforts for a state takeover of Jackson’s water system an “effort to seize control of a Black city.”
Stephen Brown works full-time at the Mississippi Museum of Art while balancing being a father, operator of the Briarwood Arts Center and a music producer under the moniker, 5th Child.
Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is demanding more retractions and apologies from Mississippi Today, a nonprofit newsroom that has focused much of its reporting in recent years on his role in the state’s $77-million welfare scandal that occurred while he was in office.
Deputy Editor Nate Schumann reflects on how he found places within local communities by developing relationships with those he encountered who shared common interests, thereby increasing his social health.
“LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack” and “living in a state of emergency,” the nation’s largest pro-LGBTQ+ political lobbying organization said in a statement this morning.
Body-art enthusiasts gathered in mid-April for the inaugural Jxn Tattoo Soul & Arts Festival at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson.
After the Mississippi Supreme Court struck down Initiative 65 and the entire ballot initiative system in 2021, the Legislature passed and Gov. Tate Reeves signed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act in 2022.
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