BusinessA resolution on Tuesday's agenda would let the city contract with Municipal Intercept Company to collect unpaid debts under a state setoff law, a step that puts a private firm between residents and money the city says they owe.
September 19, 2026 · 4 min read
BusinessAn ordinance introduced on the Sept. 22 council agenda would amend Section 106-148 of the city code, the section that sets what it costs to dump at Jackson's solid waste facility. The same agenda carries a resolution to hire an outside firm to chase unpaid debts.
September 18, 2026 · 4 min read
DevelopmentThe agreement runs 25 years with automatic renewals, sets Amazon's peak-day draw at 82 percent of what all of Ridgeland uses, routes 1.8 million gallons a day of cooling wastewater into Jackson's West Bank interceptor, pays Amazon back from future developers, and contains no clause about who comes first in a shortage.
September 18, 2026 · 8 min read
EconomySupervisors closed an $8 million gap on Sept. 10 with a tax increase that generates about $2.3 million a year. The new criminal justice facility is the single largest reason the county says it needs the money.
September 15, 2026 · 3 min read
DevelopmentThe city's 183-day moratorium took effect in mid-August and runs out in February. Council members are still debating what the replacement rules should say, while a $23 million budget hole keeps the revenue question alive.
September 12, 2026 · 4 min read
DevelopmentTwo supervisors wanted a new land appraisal and a clawback on a $10 conveyance clause before the county borrowed $48 million. They lost 3-2, and the developer who brought Topgolf to Ridgeland now builds the county's signature venue.
September 9, 2026 · 4 min read
DevelopmentThe city transferred operations of the McNair Davis Planetarium to the Mississippi Museum of Art in July. Reopening is expected in about six months, once digital screens go in.
August 29, 2026 · 2 min read
EconomyThe City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to ask voters for a 0.5% prepared-food tax increase and a 1% lodging tax increase. The money would go to Visit Jackson, and the tax has not moved since the bureau was founded in 1983.
August 27, 2026 · 2 min read
EconomyInterim manager Ted Henifin filed the utility's financial management plan with the federal court Friday, projecting a 10% increase in spring 2027 and further hikes in 2028 and 2029.
August 23, 2026 · 3 min read
DevelopmentThe city received close to $4 million from HUD three years ago to replace the Eudora Welty Library. No location has been picked, and the drawdown clock is running.
August 19, 2026 · 2 min read
Real EstateArlington's $59 million, 234-unit project on Mitchell Avenue is set to deliver in fall 2027 at an average rent near $2,100 a month, about twice the city's median. Its own planning blueprint calls for something different.
August 15, 2026 · 3 min read
DevelopmentPrado Vista will put a county-owned conference center, a 250-room luxury hotel, and four restaurants on 77 acres off I-55. The developer is Gabriel Prado, the same man asking to build an off-grid AI campus while Jackson debates banning data centers.
July 28, 2026 · 4 min read
DevelopmentThe 3-1 vote authorizes urban renewal bonds for a 1,800-person venue near Sunnybrook Road. A private developer plans a 250-room hotel next door. Critics say taxpayers are on the hook if revenue falls short.
July 24, 2026 · 3 min read