23 Apr Sun Herald honors outstanding community, business leaders in South Mississippi

Posted at April 23, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald The 2013 class of Outstanding Community Leaders and Top Business Leaders Under 40 were announced Wednesday at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino. They take their place among the now 250 men and women inducted into the online Roland Weeks Leadership Hall of Fame. Wade...

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29 Mar Nichols Elementary School must be reopened

Posted at March 29, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald NISREEN HASIB & T. 'LT' EDWARDS Jr. As students from Chicago's Northwestern University School of Law and the University of Chicago Law School, we consider ourselves extremely lucky to have spent March 17-21 serving the Biloxi community. During this time, we volunteered with the Mississippi...

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14 Mar Law students head to Biloxi to gain experience

Posted at March 14, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald Patrick Ochs Some college students choose to spend their spring break on the slopes in Aspen, Colo., or on an all-inclusive cruise. A select group of law students from Boston University, Virginia and Duke opted instead to put their studies to the test this week...

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14 Feb Coalition: HUD issues findings and threatens sanctions against MDA over port project

Posted at February 14, 2014 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Roberta Avila Steps Coalition 228-229-8552 Reilly Morse Mississippi Center for Justice 228-383-3348 Diane Glauber Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law 202-662-8303 (Gulfport, Miss.) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has found that the Mississippi Development Authority has failed to adequately retain, track and document permanent jobs at...

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14 Feb Federal agency finds state violates job reporting requirements for Gulfport port

Posted at February 14, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun Herald Anita Lee GULFPORT -- The Mississippi Development Authority has failed to adequately document the number of jobs at the port, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says, meaning the federal government can apply unspecified sanctions unless reporting is brought into compliance with federal...

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13 Feb Advocacy group launches housing discrimination project

Posted at February 13, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Public Broadcasting Evelina Burnett The Mississippi Center for Justice says housing discrimination remains one of the most prevalent forms of injustice in the state. MPB’s Evelina Burnett reports on their new statewide project to combat unfair practices in housing. A 2008 study found that African Americans in...

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12 Feb City of Jackson approves New Roots Credit Partnership to provide its 2,400 employees an alternative to predatory lending

Posted at February 12, 2014 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

For immediate release contact: Paheadra Robinson direct line: (769) 230-2832 Probinson@mscenterforjustice.org City of Jackson approves New Roots Credit Partnership to provide its 2,400 employees an alternative to predatory lending Mississippi Center for Justice leads effort to increase financial literacy and link consumers to affordable loan products (Jackson, Miss.) In a unanimous...

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10 Feb Banks, credit unions offering alternatives to payday loans

Posted at February 10, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Public Broadcasting Evelina Burnett Mississippians take out an estimated 4 million pay day loans every year, at effective annual interest rates topping 500 percent. MPB’s Evelina Burnett reports, some nonprofits and banks are working together to offer alternatives to this costly credit. Alisha has worked at this...

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30 Jan Mississippi Center for Justice cheers launch of online postsecondary complaint system for veterans

Posted at January 30, 2014 in Press Release by Mississippi Center for Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mississippi Center for Justice Contact: Whitney Barkley, wbarkley@mscenterforjustice.org, (769) 230-2837 New Department of Defense Website an Important Tool in the Fight Against Predatory Schools On Veterans Day of 2013, the Mississippi Center for Justice released a white paper analyzing the use of the GI Bill by...

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27 Jan When lenders sue – part 4

Posted at January 27, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Westmoreland Times Story by Paul Kiel, ProPublica. Mayeta Clark, Mike Tigas and Eric Sagara contributed to this report. In Mississippi, the poorest state in the country, the largest installment lender is Tower Loan. Mississippi laws prevent installment lenders from charging the triple-digit rates common in some other states,...

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