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77 articles since May 25, 2026.

July 2026

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