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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Desare Frazier Car repairs, appliance breakdowns--people find they need cash fast. Payday and Auto title Loans companies meet the need. The Pew Charitable Trust surveyed borrowers of auto title loans only. According to Nick Bourke, who is with the organization, a $1,000 loan with...
Clarion Ledger Reilly Morse Revenue from tax collections is how we keep our public schools open and our public infrastructure and systems functioning for all Mississippians. These things don’t magically pay for themselves. In blocking a massive $555 million election year tax cut, 52 Mississippi legislators correctly...
