CNN.com Whitney Barkley Editor's note: Whitney Barkley serves as staff attorney at the Mississippi Center for Justice, where her work focuses on monitoring for-profit colleges. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. (CNN) -- There are promising signs that the Department of Education...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769-230-2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Center for Justice issued the following statement in support of the drive by Better Schools, Better Jobs to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot requiring full funding of our public...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Sid Scott, Mississippi Center for Justice, 769-230-2841, sscott@mscenterforjustice.org JACKSON, Miss. — As Mississippi observes the ninth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi Center for Justice (MCJ) reports that repairs, reconstruction, or other direct housing assistance has been performed by the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA)...