The Associated Press is reporting that the U.S. House of Representatives will soon cast a vote on the so-called “fiscal cliff” bill, hours after a midnight deal was hammered out by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and Vice-President Joe Biden. The bill will raise taxes on higher incomes but avoid a similar tax on middle [...]
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Mass shootings top story of 2012 in AP poll
December 26, 2012
The Dec. 14 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. has been voted the top news story of 2012 by the Associated Press. The news organization had reportedly already selected their annual top stories the day before the shooting, which killed 26 students and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School. In a rare move, another vote was [...]
(VIDEO) Occupy Revisited
December 14, 2012
If you work in downtown Jackson and were wondering where the bullhorn was coming from during the Thursday lunch hour then please read on. Occupy Jackson, an informal affiliate of last year’s national Occupy Wall Street movement is back. The one-day demonstration amounted to five American citizens huddled outside Smith Park on the corner of [...]
January 1, 2013
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