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General News
Morning Brief: Oct 7 · Council Tables Pearl River Casino Land Deal
October 7, 2026 · 3 min read
Council tables Pearl River casino land deal: The Jackson City Council on Tuesday tabled Mayor John Horhn’s request to declare roughly 93 acres along the Pearl River surplus and option it to LeFleur Development LLC for…
Development
Jackson Tabled a $111,000 Option on 93 Pearl River Acres. The Appraisals Behind It Are the Story.
October 8, 2026 · 5 min read
…price of roughly $111,000 for 93 acres of city-owned land along the Pearl River, and the appraisals behind that number are the part of the record worth reading closely.
General News
JTRAN Strike Enters Third Week as Federal Mediation in Pearl Ends Without a Deal
August 1, 2026 · 3 min read
Friday’s mediation in Pearl was the first real test of whether the two sides could close the gap. It ended without a public resolution. The next regular council meeting on August 11 is now the deadline Stokes has set,…
General News
Morning Brief: Oct 6 · Landfill Fee Hike Lands as Refinery Lands $502M
October 6, 2026 · 3 min read
…Action 3:25-cv-352), an order declaring three parcels near the Pearl River off Highway 55 surplus and authorizing the mayor to negotiate a sale option, and a hearing-setting order for the Downtown Jackson Business…
Politics
Horhn Says No Lake Hico Data Center in the Works as Federal Judge Questions Water Impact
July 21, 2026 · 3 min read
…data center policy. The Lake Hico site, located near the Pearl River and within JXN Water’s service area, had emerged as a flashpoint in those debates.
General News
Morning Brief: Jul 14 · Council Votes on Data Center Moratorium; JTRAN Strike Enters Day 2
July 14, 2026 · 3 min read
…Monday and said MV Transportation is deploying out-of-state drivers to maintain limited service. Mayor John Horhn temporarily waived the requirement that JTRAN drivers hold Mississippi driver’s licenses to help keep…
General News
Morning Brief: Oct 5 · Council’s Tuesday Agenda Packs a Fee Hike, a Settlement, and Chicago Flights
October 5, 2026 · 3 min read
…District. Also up: an order declaring three parcels near the Pearl River off Highway 55 surplus and letting the mayor negotiate a sale option. The meeting is noticed as a teleconference. The fee ordinance is the item to…
Development
The DPS Tower Is Gone. What Happens to the Corner Is Undecided.
October 4, 2026 · 5 min read
…the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and the state’s main driver services station.
Politics
Jackson Can’t Keep Its Own Water On. Now They Want to Sell It to a Server Farm.
June 15, 2026 · 4 min read
…a glass of tap water its own residents could safely drink. The Pearl River flooded, the O.B. Curtis plant failed, and a slow collapse went loud. For years the system had been losing half the water it produced to broken…
Business
Jackson Wants Rate Quotes by Tuesday on a Lease-Purchase Deal It Has Not Priced or Named
September 27, 2026 · 5 min read
…up 9.8 percent. Madison collected $975,622, up 11.4 percent. Pearl fell 8.6 percent to $1,166,022. Jackson’s growth is solid but mid-pack, and its per-resident base is far thinner than any of those cities’.
General News
Morning Brief: Aug 5 · JTRAN Strike Drags Into Week Four; JXN Water Collections Top $8.3M
August 5, 2026 · 3 min read
…MV Transportation with a federal mediator on July 31 at a hotel in Pearl, where MV said both parties agreed to implement safety policies already in place at several of its operations nationwide. MV also said it enhanced…
General News
Morning Brief: Aug 3 · Hinds Board Meets on Millage; JPS Year Underway
August 3, 2026 · 2 min read
…Union Local 1208 and MV Transportation after federal mediation in Pearl ended without a deal. Workers walked off the job July 13 over pay, mandatory overtime and sick leave. MV has brought in replacement drivers to keep…