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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting Sandra Knispel Tupelo--Dealing with the aftermath of a natural disaster can be overwhelming. But free legal help is available to those Mississippians still recovering from last month’s tornadoes. “We found that people not knowing what benefits they are entitled to or how to access those...
Clarion Ledger Jerry Mitchell Canton police investigating a Justice Court judge who allegedly slapped a mentally challenged man have turned the case over for possible prosecution. Canton Police Chief Otha Brown said what evidence they have regarding the allegations against Madison County Justice Court Judge Bill Weisenberger is...
