16 Jan Director: Port of Gulfport project will create promised jobs

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

Sun Herald Anita Lee Port of Gulfport announcement expected GULFPORT -- The state port's executive director, Jonathan Daniels, assured community members Thursday night an expansion and restoration project funded with $570 million from the federal government will create the jobs promised. Daniels said he and the port staff are...

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13 Dec When Lenders Sue, Quick Cash Can Turn Into a Lifetime of Debt

Posted at December 13, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

ProPublica Paul Kiel ProPublica, Dec. 13, 2013, 10:47 a.m. Five years ago, Naya Burks of St. Louis borrowed $1,000 from AmeriCash Loans. The money came at a steep price: She had to pay back $1,737 over six months. “I really needed the cash, and that was the only thing...

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07 Dec Gulfport Branch NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet is Dec. 15

Posted at December 07, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Sun HeraldThe Gulfport Branch NAACP will hold its Freedom Fund Banquet from 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Hard Rock resort and Casino, 777 Beach Blvd., Biloxi. During the banquet, the organization will honor former Mississippi Supreme Court Judge Fred L. Banks Jr., one...

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18 Nov Politics & income, not technology, could impede Mississippi’s ACA outreach

Posted at November 18, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

New America Media Khalil Abdullah Jackson, MS – While much of the scrutiny of the Affordable Care Act has been focused on the technical glitches of the October launch of the healthcare.gov website, Cover Mississippi, an amalgam of non-profit and private interests, has been working to reach...

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14 Nov Mississippi Edition

Posted at November 14, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Public Broadcasting Since 2009, $83-million of Federal G.I. Bill money has come into Mississippi. 14% of that has gone to for-profit colleges, even though those schools only enroll 7% of the students. That's all according to a new report released by the Mississippi Center for...

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14 Nov For-profit colleges a bad deal for veterans in Mississippi

Posted at November 14, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Non Profit Quarterly Rick Cohen Are nonprofit schools a better deal for returning veterans than for-profit schools? A study by the Mississippi Center for Justice finds that since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, 14 percent of $83 million in GI Bill funds spent for education in Mississippi went...

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12 Nov For-profit schools taking advantage of veterans, Mississippi Center for Justice charges

Posted at November 12, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Clarion Ledger Jimmie E. Gates For-profit schools prey on Mississippi veterans by getting their education assistance benefits but providing, in turn, an inferior education, charges the nonprofit Mississippi Center for Justice. Since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, more than $83 million GI Bill funds went to...

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08 Nov Supreme court disadvantage: Judges could gut key environmental justice standard

Posted at November 08, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Grist Brentin Mock The U.S. Supreme Court has a stack of cases on its docket this session that should concern environmentalists, notably the suite of cases aimed at limiting the government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases, and the case involving an oil billionaire who wants to dump even more...

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05 Nov Mississippi businesses feel impact of BP court battles

Posted at November 05, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Public Broadcasting EVELINA BURNETT BP and attorneys representing some of the businesses who say they were hurt by the 2010 Gulf oil spill were back in court this week. MPB’s Evelina Burnett reports on how the ongoing legal battles are affecting Mississippi businesses. BP has argued...

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04 Nov Students create rap video on health care act

Posted at November 04, 2013 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Bolivar Commercial Courntey Stevens "I wonder if he were me and I were you would you believe in healthcare? A better welfare?" Shelby's Students Involved in Community Change program are rapping about positive things in their lives in order to send a message — Take the high road. Andre...

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