FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2022 Contact: comms-mcj@rabengroup.com Federal Court of Appeals Upholds Mississippi’s 1890 Felon Disfranchisement Law Mississippi Center for Justice plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court   Jackson, MS— Today the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a provision in Mississippi’s racist 1890 Constitution that permanently...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2022 Contact: Courtney Holsworth, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com, (989) 572-8162  Mississippi Center for Justice Applauds Heirs Property Funding and Health Care Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Jackson, MS - President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law today. The historic bill would slash healthcare...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 12, 2022 Contact: Nikita Sibley, nsibley@rabengroup.com, 850-345-7092 The Inflation Reduction Act Is A Great Forward Step, But More Must Be Done To Help Mississippians, says Mississippi Center for Justice Jackson, MS - Vangela M. Wade, president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Justice, issued...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 3, 2022 Contact: Carolyn Clendenin, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com, 347-869-7382 Gov. Reeves’ Decision to End Emergency Rental Assistance Program Is Outrageous and Heartless Jackson, Miss. – Today, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that the state would stop processing applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program, which helps pay rent...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2022  Contact: Carolyn Clendenin, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com MCJ Lawsuit Dismissed in Light of Sale of the Building Housing Mississippi’s Only Abortion Clinic Jackson, Miss. – After the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Mississippi Center for Justice filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Jackson Women’s...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2022  Contact: Courtney Holsworth, comms-mcj@rabengroup.com, (989) 572-8162 Rankin County Sheriff's Department Illegally Withholding Public Records on Three Men Who Died While in the Department’s Custody or During Encounters with the Department Officers  Jackson, Miss. – Today, a journalist with Insider, Inc., with counsel from...