08 Dec Community to Corps: Give us more facts about proposed expansion

Posted at December 08, 2015 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Community to Corps: Give us more facts about proposed expansion Sun Herald GULFPORT -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers needs to finish its homework before ending the public's chance to comment on a study that assesses the environmental impact of another proposed port expansion, community advocates...

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15 Oct MCJ Files Complaint on Behalf of Lee County Student

Posted at October 15, 2015 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

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28 Jul ACLU of Mississippi receives $1 million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Posted at July 28, 2015 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

ACLU of Mississippi Receives $1 Million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Morgan Miller, 601-354-3408, mmiller@aclu-ms.org Dana Terry, 769.230.2841, dterry@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss – The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation (ACLU-MS) received a two-year one million dollar grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to address excessive...

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14 Jul Deeper ship channel stalled at Gulfport’s state port

Posted at July 14, 2015 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Charlotte Observer Associated Press Gulfport’s 36-foot ship channel serves two tenants that carry containerized cargo, Dole Fresh Fruit and Crowley. The port wants a deeper channel to serve bigger ships, but the process is long and costly. But a deeper ship channel has been scrapped as part of...

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25 Jun Advocacy group applauds Supreme Court decision on health care

Posted at June 25, 2015 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dana Terry, Communications Director, 769.230.2841 Advocacy Group Applauds Supreme Court Decision on Health Care JACKSON- The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) issued the following statement following the Supreme Court decision in King v. Burwell, which was a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. "The...

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25 Jun Advocacy group applauds Supreme Court decision on fair housing

Posted at June 25, 2015 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dana Terry, Communications Director, 769.230.2841 Advocacy Group Applauds Supreme Court Decision on Fair Housing JACKSON- The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) issued the following statement following the Supreme Court decision in Texas v. The Inclusive Communities Project, which was a challenge to the...

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25 Jun Katrina housing program reaches Saucier woman after 4 years without water or electric

Posted at June 25, 2015 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald Anita Lee SAUCIER -- A mother and daughter's Katrina odyssey ended at Christmas, after they lived for four years on the family property, without water or electricity, in a leaking dome tent and then metal sheds. A new mobile home was delivered to Nancy Fauth's four...

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22 Jun Port’s Katrina relief jobs costly, slow to materialize

Posted at June 22, 2015 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald Anita Lee The state port will have at least until the end of 2019 -- more than 14 years after Hurricane Katrina -- to create jobs promised in exchange for more than $566 million in federal hurricane-relief funds, a letter from the federal government says. The...

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20 Jun In America’s payday loan capital, innovative microcredit helps break the debt cycle

Posted at June 20, 2015 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Huffington Post Christina Wilkie JACKSON, Miss. -- To drive down Ellis Avenue, just off the interstate, is to visit a paradise of easy money. Along a four-block drag of fast food joints and half-empty strip malls, the payday lenders are packed in tight. The names on their...

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08 Jun Expungement Clinic coming to Laurel

Posted at June 08, 2015 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 8, 2015 CONTACT: Dana Terry, Communications Director, 769.230.2841 JACKSON- The Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) will hold an expungement clinic June 13 from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Cameron Center, located at 710 North 10th Avenue in Laurel. The clinic is designed to...

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