02 Nov Biloxi Blues: Legal-cost fears have victims of the oil spill sliding out of the middle class

Posted at November 02, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

American Bar Association Journal Rachel M. Zahorsky That was it. Nothing more could be done. Two years after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon, Tina Copeland’s American dream was over. Her Mississippi Gulf Coast business was hemorrhaging funds, her marriage torn apart. Though billions were offered to settle...

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24 Oct MISSISSIPPI ROAD TRIP: The ancestors inside us and the precious right to vote

Posted at October 24, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Published in Shore Magazine Denise DeClue “The past is never dead,” wrote Mississippi writer William Faulkner. "It’s not even past.” I grew up in Missouri, digging up Civil War relics and arrowheads from the nearby woods and thought it was the Midwest until I came north and realized...

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18 Oct Mississippi needs Medicaid expansion

Posted at October 18, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Published in the Clarion Ledger In the Oct. 10 article, “Bryant: Federal health law hurts Miss. economy,” Gov. Phil Bryant repeated his opposition to expanding Medicaid. As health law director for the Mississippi Center for Justice, I know that expanding Medicaid will not only help hundreds of...

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17 Oct Attorney General Jim Hood announces formation of the Mississippi Foreclosure Prevention Consortium

Posted at October 17, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Mississippi Attorney General Jackson, MS-Attorney General Jim Hood announced that his office has created the Mississippi Foreclosure Prevention Consortium to assist homeowners who are struggling as a result of the foreclosure crisis. The consortium was created through funding provided under the National Mortgage Settlement that was...

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03 Oct Evers, Winters: Mississippi Moving Forward, But …

Posted at October 03, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Jackson Free Press Dustin Cardon, Donna Ladd, Ronni Mott Few eyes were dry when Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Jackson civil-rights hero Medgar Evers, stood in front of 600 people in downtown Jackson Thursday night and declared her love for Mississippi and for her first husband, gunned...

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03 Oct State icons honored as justice champions: Evers-Williams, Winter draw standing ovations at dinner

Posted at October 03, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Published in the Clarion Ledger Jimmie E. Gates It was like honoring royalty as a sellout crowd of 600 people gathered in downtown Jackson to say “we love you” to two Mississippi icons. It was a night to show love for a woman of courage, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and...

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04 Sep Bill Stallworth and Reilly Morse: Public resources should be shared by all citizens

Posted at September 04, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

published in the Sun Herald In late August 2005, one day before an obscure tropical depression formed over the Bahamas, almost 3,000 Coast residents turned out to protest state plans to drill offshore for oil and gas. Within a week, that tropical depression had entered the Gulf...

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23 Aug Review of Port of Gulfport plans points up to more problems

Posted at August 23, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

published in the Sun Herald Anita Lee GULFPORT -- The state port is spending more than $560 million to expand its West Pier, where four current tenants will operate, but has not secured long-term leases with those tenants, according to a review ordered by Gov. Phil Bryant. Also,...

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20 Aug Panama Canal’s growth prompts U.S. ports to expand

Posted at August 20, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

New York Times John Schwartz BALTIMORE — The four cranes rise grandly over the port here, 14 stories high. Just off the boat from China and now being prepared for operations, the $40 million machines are part of this city’s gamble that when supersize container ships start...

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17 Jul Groups may help save homes: homeowners could prevent foreclosures with consortium’s aid

Posted at July 17, 2012 in In the News by Mississippi Center for Justice

Clarion Ledger by Jeff Ayres Hundreds of Mississippi homeowners could escape foreclosure with the help of the state's partnership with nonprofits and with the companies blamed for creating the nation's mortgage crisis footing the bill. The Mississippi Foreclosure Prevention Consortium, announced Monday, will offer free financial and legal...

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