19 Feb

Posted at February 19, 2020 in In the News by

S.B. 2257 jeopardizes Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF—health care, food, and economic lifelines for Mississippi's most vulnerable children and families. Two weeks ago, Mississippi officials were arrested for stealing millions of TANF funds meant to help Mississippi's most vulnerable children and families. Yet lawmakers are responding by taking aim at low-income Mississippi...

03 Feb

Posted at February 03, 2020 in In the News by

We the Action recently recognized MCJ’s response to the August 7, 2019, ICE raids in central Mississippi as the organization’s third most popular public project of 2019.  We are deeply grateful to We the Action and to the attorneys nationwide who have so generously volunteered to...

04 Feb

Posted at February 04, 2016 in In the News by

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...