31 Jul Civil rights groups gain hearing vs. Mississippi on drug testing

Posted at July 31, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Education News Grace Smith A new law, House Bill 49, which would require recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) payments to fill out new questionnaires, and possibly followed by drug testing, was scheduled to take effect July 1 in Mississippi. A hearing on Tuesday morning, however,...

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24 Jul Under state probe, All American Check Cashing gets ‘F’ rating from Better Business Bureau

Posted at July 24, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Business Journal Ted Carter All American Check Cashing’s refusal to answer complaints has led the Better Business Bureaus in Mississippi and Alabama to give grades of “F” to the Madison payday lender that the Mississippi Department of Banking & Finance says did loan rollovers that violated...

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21 Jul Public hearing on welfare drug testing law being held Tuesday

Posted at July 21, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Clarion Ledger Jimmie E. Gates Citizens are urged to share their opinion Tuesday at a public hearing dealing with the new state law that could lead to drug testing for some welfare applicants. A public hearing dealing with the new state law that could lead to drug testing...

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17 Jul When poverty makes you sick, a lawyer can be the cure

Posted at July 17, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

New York Times Tina Rosenberg Fixes Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work. By early summer 2010, the temperature had already reached 100 degrees in Cincinnati. At Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, doctors were urging the families of children with asthma to use air-conditioning. One...

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16 Jul State regulators probe All American Check Cashing on suspicion of violating loan rollover law

Posted at July 16, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Business Journal Ted Carter Madison payday lender All American Check Cashing is under a “cease and desist” order after refusing to let examiners from the Mississippi Department of Banking and Finance review its records for signs of illegal lending. The order followed a state raid on 15...

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13 Jul MHV to host Estate Planning meeting

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

Bolivar CommercialElisabetta Zengaro Mississippi Homemakers Volunteers will host an Estate Planning Meeting on Aug. 5 at 2 p.m. The meeting will take place in the side kitchen of the Bolivar County Extension Service, and Paheadra Robinson, attorney and director of Consumer Protection with Mississippi Center for Justice,...

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03 Jul Without economic and educational justice, there is no racial justice

Posted at July 03, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

The American Prospect Reilly Morse A half-century after Freedom Summer, African Americans continue to face severe barriers not just to voting, but also to economic security. On a hot, dusty June day fifty years ago, during what became known as Freedom Summer, college students began to arrive in...

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02 Jul Setting down financial roots

Posted at July 02, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Jackson Free Press Anna Wolfe In an effort to shield Mississippi residents from predatory lenders, the Mississippi Center for Justice launched New Roots Credit Partnership, which helps connect residents to affordable banking. The City of Jackson has already implemented the program and offered it to its 2,400...

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29 Jun Ending 50 years of silence about Mississippi’s Freedom Summer

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

The Atlantic Ellen Ann Fentress JACKSON, Miss. — When a boy with an overwrought dream life was brought in to see Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist noted that the boy’s father didn’t dream at all, or so he claimed. The son, Jung concluded, felt compelled to do...

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26 Jun Law allowing drug tests tied to welfare delayed

Posted at June 26, 2014 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Clarion Ledger Jimmie E. Gates The Mississippi Department of Human Services agreed to a request to delay the law that would require Temporary Assistance to Needy Families applicants to complete a questionnaire and possibly be drug tested, until the end of a public hearing and comment period. Under...

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