The Mississippi Center for Justice Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Vangela M. Wade, a leading attorney and educator, will become its next president and CEO, effective January 15th, 2020. Reilly Morse, who has held the position for the past six years, will...
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New America Media Anthony Advincula JACKSON, Miss. — The day her doctor told her that she had acute renal failure and had to start dialysis, Mary Davis was more concerned about the cost of the procedure than about her health. “I thought, ‘how can I afford it?’ I...
Stamps: No new payday loan, check cashing, liquor, pawn stores Jackson Free Press A Jackson city councilman wants to put a halt to the expansion of payday loan stores, check cashers and liquor stores in the capital city. Ward 4 Councilman De'Keither Stamps plans to introduce an ordinance...
Could Project Crawfish reel in promised state port jobs Sun Herald GULFPORT -- The president and CEO of global maritime company Edison Chouest, Gary Chouest, is expected to join Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday morning at state port offices to sign final agreements for expansion of Topship...
HUD’s racism charge could nudge Ridgeland into settling housing bias issues Mississippi Business Journal Ridgeland officials, as well as their outside legal counsel, have been silent on the series of state and federal lawsuits their zoning mandates have brought. Before the lawsuits, however, city officials said health and...
Gov. Bryant won’t grant waiver from SNAP work rule Mississippi won't be giving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients a break from a work requirement that went back into effect Jan. 1. Recipients between 18 and 50 years old who are able to work and don't have children...
SNAP assistance: no job, no help Mississippi Public Broadcasting The Federal Government requires that people 18 to 49 years of age with no children get a job to be eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Because of it's high jobless rate, that rule has not applied...
Letter to Congress: 212 Groups urge you to support a strong payday lending rule US Public Interest Research Group For Immediate Release THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015 December 15, 2015 Dear Member of Congress: The undersigned civil rights, consumer, labor, faith, veterans, seniors, and community organizations, strongly urge you to oppose H.R....
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...
