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- Address: 125 S. Congress St., Suite 1324, Jackson, MS 39201
- Phone: (601) 362-6121
More by Anna Wolfe
Running the Marriage-Equality Gauntletnew
In a small, gothic New Orleans courtroom that could have been a set from the TV series "Game of Thrones," judges and attorneys discussed the legality of marriage equality in the Deep South.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
01-20-2015 |
LGBT
Education Funding Center of State Budget Fightnew
The Mississippi Legislature does not officially convene until January, but the two parties are already wrangling over how to spend the state's money.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
12-19-2014 |
Education
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Mississippi’s Education Enigmanew
The quality of education in Mississippi is falling behind the rest of the nation with only 61 percent of students graduating from high school on time and two-thirds of kindergarteners not ready to learn how to read.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
11-24-2014 |
Education
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November Election: Party Lines Drawn Earlynew
Education funding, job creation and fighting corruption are at the top of many Mississippi statewide candidates' lists heading into the November election.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
Keep on Truckin: Meet Robert Graynew
It was not until 7:36 on the morning of Aug. 5 that anyone found out what Robert Gray looked like, much less how he wound up being the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for Mississippi governor.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
‘Empower’ PAC Helps Oust Anti-Charter Republicansnew
Empower Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to school choice, used its political arm, the Empower PAC, to unseat four incumbent Republican candidates for the Mississippi House of Representatives in the DeSoto County primary elections on Aug. 4.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-13-2015 |
Elections
Pro-Cochran PAC Sheds Light on GOP Primarynew
Recent federal-campaign finance reports shed new light into spending that took place in the final days of the grueling Republican primary in June.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
10-24-2014 |
Elections
The Faces of Travis Childersnew
Travis Childers, a former congressman from Booneville, hopes traditional Democratic voters and tea-party members can help him upset Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in November.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
10-24-2014 |
Elections
