15 Oct MCJ Files Complaint on Behalf of Lee County Student
Posted at October 15, 2015
in Press Release
J.T. Complaint...
28 Jul ACLU of Mississippi receives $1 million from W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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...
14 Jul Deeper ship channel stalled at Gulfport’s state port
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...
25 Jun Advocacy group applauds Supreme Court decision on health care
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...
25 Jun Advocacy group applauds Supreme Court decision on fair housing
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...
25 Jun Katrina housing program reaches Saucier woman after 4 years without water or electric
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...
22 Jun Port’s Katrina relief jobs costly, slow to materialize
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...
20 Jun In America’s payday loan capital, innovative microcredit helps break the debt cycle
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...
08 Jun Expungement Clinic coming to Laurel
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...
10 Apr Community funds push for new payday-lending rules
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Suzanne Perry A coalition of 57 community foundations has united to push for tough new rules to curb payday lending, signing a letter asking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to curtail a practice that "can trap consumers in a vicious cycle of debt." "Low-income...