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142 articles since May 25, 2026.

September 2026

  1. September 8PoliticsFlat Millage Locks In No Tax Increase as Public Works Cut Looms
  2. September 8General NewsMorning Brief: Sep 8 · Council Meets Twice as Budget Deadline Nears
  3. September 7PoliticsHorhn's Third Chief of Staff in 14 Months Arrives as His CAO Departs
  4. September 6Residential Real EstateHomeward JXN Launches This Month With a $3.7 Million Gap and Landlords It Hasn't Recruited
  5. September 6General NewsMorning Brief: Sep 6 · Fifth Circuit Kills Lead-Water Suit; Budget Clock Ticks
  6. September 5PoliticsPublic Works Faces the Deepest Cut in a Budget the Council Must Pass by Sept. 15
  7. September 4General NewsA Collapsed Line in Belhaven Gets the City's Emergency Treatment
  8. September 3General NewsStokes Softens His Water Demands: A Seat at the Table, Not the Keys
  9. September 3General NewsMorning Brief: Sep 3 · Council Sets Tax Levy Today; Jazz Great Wilson Dies
  10. September 2General NewsOwens' Federal Law License Hangs on a Deadline That Lands This Week
  11. September 1General NewsJackson's Data Center Moratorium Is Ticking. The Ordinance Isn't Drafted.
  12. September 1General NewsMorning Brief: Sep 1 · Budget Vote Lands Amid $30M Shortfall

August 2026

  1. August 31General NewsA Mississippi Commissioner Wants to Let SNAP Benefits Pay Water Bills
  2. August 30General NewsA Closed South Jackson School Reopens as a 'Resilience Hub'
  3. August 29General NewsAfter $23 Million Renovation, Jackson Hands the Planetarium to the Art Museum
  4. August 28Residential Real EstateFifth Fire in Nine Months at Chapel Ridge Apartments. All 'Human Involvement,' Chief Says.
  5. August 27PoliticsJackson Puts a Tourism Tax Hike on the November Ballot. First Since 1983.
  6. August 26PoliticsJackson Council Schedules Another Budget Hearing for Thursday, a Day After the Vote
  7. August 24General NewsNCUA Says Former JAFCU CEO Likely to Plead Guilty as $95M Case Drags On
  8. August 23General NewsJXN Water Files Plan Calling for Another 10% Rate Hike Next Spring
  9. August 22General NewsPrime Left. Kiffin Left. Mississippi Stayed.
  10. August 22General NewsJackson's Budget Heads to a Vote Tuesday. The Council Has Met on It Three Times in One Week.
  11. August 21General NewsJTRAN Strike Ends After 38 Days. The New Contract Lets MV Hire More Non-CDL Drivers.
  12. August 21General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 21 · Flats at Fondren Breaks Ground; Council Meets Today
  13. August 20General NewsJackson's 'Flat' Budget Is 16.8% Smaller. Council Members Say Even the New Numbers Look Too High.
  14. August 19General NewsJackson Has Five Years Left on a $4 Million Library Grant. No Site Has Been Chosen.
  15. August 19General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 19 · Prado Conservatory Clears Rezoning; Budget Talks Resume
  16. August 18General NewsJackson's Own Consultant Warned Data Centers Strain a Water System Under Federal Control
  17. August 17PoliticsA 621-Vote Candidate Is Suing Jackson Over Its Public-Comment Rules
  18. August 17General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 17 · Library Donation Offer Tests Budget; Zoning Council Meets Today
  19. August 16General NewsOwens Gets 30 Days to Save His Federal Law License. State Court Called His Resignation Proof of Guilt.
  20. August 15Residential Real EstateFlats at Fondren Will Rent at Double Jackson's Median. The Plan It Cites Calls for Mixed-Income Housing.
  21. August 15General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 15 · JPD Chief Warns $5M Cut Hits Staffing
  22. August 14General NewsJackson's Fire Chief Wants $1.7 Million to Hire 25 Firefighters. The Rating Bureau Wanted 104 on Duty.
  23. August 14General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 14 · Public Safety Budget Day Lands as Hearings Continue
  24. August 13General NewsJackson's Data Center Ban Takes Effect Thursday. Two Days Earlier, the Council Asked Where to Put Them.
  25. August 13General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 13 · Public Safety Budgets on the Table Today
  26. August 12PoliticsMississippi's Redistricting Hearings Open With No Maps to Show. Advocates Call That the Point.
  27. August 12General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 12 · Council Eyes Data Center Sites as Ban Looms
  28. August 11General NewsJackson's Flat Budget Assumes $37.5 Million in Property Tax It Hasn't Collected in Three Years
  29. August 11General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 11 · Budget Hearings Enter Day Two
  30. August 10PoliticsStokes Wants Code Enforcement Under JPD. The Police Chief Says No.
  31. August 10General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 10 · Budget Hearings Open Amid Deficit Fight
  32. August 9Commercial Real EstateWest Jackson's Westland Plaza Changes Hands for $11.8 Million, a Bet Priced for Vacancy
  33. August 9General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 9 · Person of Interest Held in Fortune Death; Budget Hearings Open Monday
  34. August 8PoliticsJackson Council Refuses to Declare a $36 Million Deficit, Betting on Spending Restraint
  35. August 8General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 8 · Budget Hearings Open Monday Amid $36M Deficit Fight
  36. August 7General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 7 · Budget Hearings Open Monday; State to Raze Virginia College
  37. August 6General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 6 · Homicides Projected Near 92; JTRAN Talks Stall
  38. August 5Commercial Real EstateA $28 Million Bet on North Jackson, Financed With $1.3 Million the City Doesn't Have to Pay
  39. August 5General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 5 · JTRAN Strike Drags Into Week Four; JXN Water Collections Top $8.3M
  40. August 4General NewsMississippi's Infant Mortality Rate Hits a Decade High. Hinds County Is Worse Than the State.
  41. August 4General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 4 · Heat Index Nears 110; PSC Data Center Docket Looms
  42. August 3Commercial Real EstateFlats at Fondren: A $55 Million Bet That Jackson Rents Can Reach $2,100
  43. August 3General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 3 · Hinds Board Meets on Millage; JPS Year Underway
  44. August 2General NewsJody Owens Permanently Disbarred by Mississippi Supreme Court, Effective Immediately
  45. August 1General NewsJTRAN Strike Enters Third Week as Federal Mediation in Pearl Ends Without a Deal
  46. August 1General NewsMorning Brief: Aug 1 · Wells Autopsy Sealed; Council Pulls Budget Amendment

July 2026

  1. July 31PoliticsStokes Moves to Abolish Planning Department, Fold Code Enforcement Into Police
  2. July 30PoliticsCouncil Rejects Budget Amendment as Jackson's Deficit Hits $36 Million
  3. July 29Residential Real EstateA Block of Empty Apartments on Capitol Street: Owner Pitches JSU Housing After Power Shutoff
  4. July 29General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 29 · Hinds County Weighs Millage Hike; Council OKs $24M in Road Work
  5. July 28Commercial Real EstateA $100 Million Development Is Rising in Ridgeland. One Man Is Behind It, and Behind Jackson's AI Campus Too.
  6. July 27General NewsRecords Show Jackson Courted No-Bid Vendor 66 Days Before 'Emergency' Declaration
  7. July 26PoliticsJackson City Council Elects New President After Months of Data Center Turmoil
  8. July 24Commercial Real EstateMadison County Approves $48 Million Conference Center in Ridgeland, Despite Lone Dissent Over Taxpayer Risk
  9. July 21PoliticsHorhn Says No Lake Hico Data Center in the Works as Federal Judge Questions Water Impact
  10. July 20General NewsVicksburg Residents Protest $3 Billion AWS Data Center Planned Near Elementary School
  11. July 19PoliticsInterim DA McCullouch Asks State Auditor to Review Owens' Office
  12. July 18General NewsRecords Show Horhn Administration Quietly Planned Lake Hico Data Center Hub for Months
  13. July 17General NewsJackson Passes State's First Data Center Moratorium, 5-2, After Months of Debate
  14. July 17General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 17 · Youth Court Overhaul Heads to Reeves; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 5
  15. July 16General NewsBanks Rejected a Better Plea Deal. He Would Not Cooperate.
  16. July 15PoliticsArchie Asks Supreme Court to Speed Up Election Appeal as Governor Leaves District 2 in Limbo
  17. July 15General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 15 · Council Passes Data Center Moratorium; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 3
  18. July 14General NewsJackson Seeks $300 Million From DOJ's Model Cities Initiative, One of Its Largest Federal Grants Ever
  19. July 14General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 14 · Council Votes on Data Center Moratorium; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 2
  20. July 13General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 13 · JTRAN Strike Begins; Council to Vote on Data Center Moratorium Tuesday
  21. July 12General NewsMississippi Youth Court Law Expired July 1. A Temporary Order Expires This Month. No Permanent Fix Has Passed.
  22. July 12General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 12 · JTRAN Strike Set for Monday; Data Center Moratorium Vote Looms Tuesday
  23. July 11General NewsJTRAN Workers to Strike Monday After 72-Hour Notice, Leaving Jackson Without Buses
  24. July 11General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 11 · Data Center Moratorium Heads to Tuesday Vote; Hinds Election in Limbo
  25. July 10General NewsData Center Moratorium Heads to a Vote. The Council Is Split.
  26. July 10General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 10 · Data Center Moratorium Heads to Council Vote; Hinds Special Election Tuesday
  27. July 9PoliticsWhat Lumumba Gave Up: Plea Agreement Shows Full Scope of Waivers as Probation Work Begins
  28. July 9General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 9 · Data Center Moratorium Heads to Council Vote; CAO Resigns
  29. July 8General NewsResidents Packed Two Meetings Monday. They Did Not Ask for a Moratorium. They Asked for a Ban.
  30. July 7PoliticsJackson Edges Closer to a Data Center Moratorium After Two Meetings in One Day
  31. July 6General NewsFive Guilty Pleas, Five Sentences Coming. What Each Person Faces, and When.
  32. July 6General NewsThe Bar Moves on Owens's License. Now Every Conviction He Won Is a Question.
  33. July 6General NewsBanks Pleads Guilty. The Jackson Bribery Case Ends Five for Five, With No Trial.
  34. July 6General NewsChokwe Antar Lumumba Pleads Guilty. The Trial Jackson Braced For Dies a Week Early.
  35. July 6PoliticsJackson's Top Administrator Resigns, Leaving a Gap at City Hall
  36. July 6General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 6 · Data Center Double-Header Tonight; Fourth Arrest in Triple Homicide
  37. July 5PoliticsJackson Council to Vote on Data Center Moratorium at Monday Hearing
  38. July 5General NewsNew York Spent the Week Rationing Electricity. Jackson Is About to Decide How Much of Its Grid to Sell.
  39. July 5General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 5 · Stolen JPD Rifle Used in Triple Homicide; Data Center Hearing Set for Monday
  40. July 5PoliticsHalf of Jackson Believes the Mayor Was Set Up. Here Is the Strongest Version of That Argument.
  41. July 4General NewsOne Defense Got Harder and One Got Cleaner. Lumumba and Banks After the Owens Plea.
  42. July 4General NewsThe World Cup Is Within a Day's Drive of Jackson. Here Is What's Left, and Who Is Carrying Africa's Hopes.
  43. July 4PoliticsJackson's Data Center Fight Moves to July 14. Here Is What the Council Is Writing.
  44. July 4General NewsMorning Brief: Jul 4 · Airport Trial Lands With Judge; Data Center Fight Heats Up
  45. July 4PoliticsThe Airport Trial Is Over. Judge Reeves Will Decide Who Controls Jackson's Airport.
  46. July 3General NewsJackson's Data Center Fight Comes to a Head on July 14
  47. July 2General NewsFour Days in July Will Decide Who Runs Jackson
  48. July 1General NewsJody Owens Is Out. Who Runs the Hinds County DA's Office Now?

June 2026

  1. June 30General NewsThe Owens Plea Agreement Is Public. Here Is What It Actually Says.
  2. June 30General NewsThe Best Lawyer in the Room Just Pled Out. Now Lumumba and Banks Are on Their Own.
  3. June 30General NewsThe DA Who Brokered the Bribes Just Pleaded Guilty. Trial Starts in Two Weeks Without Him.
  4. June 29General NewsJody Owens Pleaded Guilty. What October 15 Looks Like.
  5. June 27General NewsAaron Banks to Feds: You Can't Bundle My Bribes. Pick ONE.
  6. June 20Residential Real EstateJackson Wants Volunteers to Hunt Blight. Finding It Was Never the Problem.
  7. June 20General NewsMorning Brief: Jun 20 — Smith Appeal Clouds July 14 Vote; City Centre Sale Collapses
  8. June 19General NewsJackson's Bus Drivers Voted to Strike. The Real Fight Is Over Shrinking JTRAN.
  9. June 19General NewsMorning Brief: Jun 19 — Bus Drivers Eye July Strike; Hinds Election in Limbo
  10. June 16PoliticsPretrial Conference Done. Anonymous-Jury Briefing Ordered. Defense Gets Two Extra Strikes.
  11. June 16General NewsMorning Brief: Jun 16 — Data Center Vote Nears; Hinds County Election Do-Over
  12. June 16PoliticsWant to Watch the Jackson Bribery Trial? Here's How.
  13. June 15PoliticsJackson Can't Keep Its Own Water On. Now They Want to Sell It to a Server Farm.
  14. June 15PoliticsThe Owens Trial Starts July 13. Here's What Each Side Will Say.
  15. June 15PoliticsFive Owens Experts in the Crosshairs. A Sealed Withdrawal. Jurors Already Cut.
  16. June 15General NewsMorning Brief: Jun 15 — Airport Takeover Trial Opens; Supervisor Vows Appeal
  17. June 15General NewsThe Loudest Data Center Fight Is in Jackson. The Bigger One Just Got a Green Light by Silence.
  18. June 14General NewsThe Government Stops Fighting Over the Jury. Trial Still Lands July 13.
  19. June 13PoliticsJackson Held a Data Center Forum. The Real Decisions Come June 22 and 24.
  20. June 13PoliticsThe Venue Fight Is Over: Owens, Lumumba and Banks Go to Trial in Jackson
  21. June 10PoliticsA Judge Threw Out the 2023 Vote. Hinds County District 2 Does It Over July 14.
  22. June 7PoliticsMeet the DC Lawyer at the Center of Jody Owens's Defense
  23. June 7PoliticsWingate Freezes the State's Water Takeover Before It Can Start
  24. June 7PoliticsJackson Corruption Case Hits the Recording Fight as Trial Date Closes In

May 2026

  1. May 28PoliticsWhat the Charge Sheet Tells You About Who Did What
  2. May 28Residential Real EstateThe City Everyone Wrote Off Is Suddenly the Metro's Top Real Estate Story
  3. May 25PoliticsPlea Deadline May 29th: Will Banks Plead?
  4. May 25Commercial Real EstateState Street Group Bets on the Office-to-Apartment Playbook Again, This Time in Northeast Jackson
  5. May 25PoliticsThe Lot
  6. May 25PoliticsThe Mayor Who Made One Phone Call
  7. May 25PoliticsJudge Lets Owens Take His Fight to a Jury
  8. May 25Commercial Real EstateOne Investor Just Bought the Heart of Downtown Jackson, and He's Just Getting Started
  9. May 25Commercial Real EstateData Centers Are Coming to Metro Jackson, and the Debate Is Heating Up
  10. May 25PoliticsOne Courtroom, Three Defendants, and a Trial That Isn't What It Looks Like
  11. May 25PoliticsThe Jackson Bribery Case: A Timeline
  12. May 25PoliticsRepublicans Built Bennie Thompson's "Super-Democratic" District. Now They Want to Burn It Down.