Civics Field Guide - Mississippi Today
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Mississippi Today | Reporting, podcasts and online communities
WEB1 day ago — Mississippi Today is a part of the Deep South Today network of nonprofit newsrooms. We believe that an informed Mississippi is a better Mississippi. We center readers in everything we do, informing--and engaging--Mississippians through reporting, podcasts, events and online communities.
Amazon coming to Mississippi with plans to create jobs ... and ...
WEBJan 25, 2024 — by Bobby Harrison and Taylor Vance January 25, 2024. A key component in Amazon Web Services’ commitment to spend $10 billion to construct two “hyperscale data centers” in Madison County is an agreement with Entergy to provide the large volume of electricity that such an endeavor will require. Officials said the project — which will ...
Mississippi abortion law: an FAQ - Mississippi Today
WEBJun 29, 2022 — Health. FAQ: Abortion in Mississippi post-Roe v. Wade. by Mississippi Today June 29, 2022. Mississippi Today has compiled a list of questions in regards to abortion in Mississippi after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Mississippi’s trigger law banning abortions went into effect July 7, 2022. We will continue to update this FAQ.
What’s happened since welfare chief pleaded guilty to federal …
WEBSep 22, 2023 — John Davis, former director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services, sits with his defense attorney Merrida Coxwell, right, in Jackson on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Davis pleaded guilty to federal charges in a conspiracy to misspend tens of millions of dollars that were intended to help needy families in one of …
Marshall Ramsey, Author at Mississippi Today
WEBSep 24, 2024 — Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a television program on Mississippi Public Broadcasting and is the author of several books. Marshall …
Struggling renters in Mississippi can now apply for assistance
WEBMar 29, 2021 — Mississippi is now accepting applications to help struggling renters, three months after then-President Donald Trump signed a massive COVID-19 stimulus bill, including $25 billion for rental assistance. On Monday, the same day the state opened the program, President Joe Biden’s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and …
Two state Supreme Court justices face contested November …
WEBby Taylor Vance March 4, 2024. Two Mississippi Supreme Court justices will face challengers in their reelection bids this year, and four people are running for an open seat on the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Incumbent Supreme Court Justice Jim Kitchens from the central district faces four opponents: Jackson-based attorney Abby Gale Robinson ...
Mississippi still has worst poverty, household income
WEBSep 14, 2017 — Mississippi also ranks highest for what the Census calls proximity to or depth of poverty. Nationally, the poverty rate has declined for three consecutive years, standing now at 14 percent. According to the data, Mississippi also has the nation’s lowest median household income, of $41,754 annually. In addition to having the lowest median ...
Mississippi's children more likely to live in high poverty areas than ...
WEBJun 17, 2019 — Researchers say that the most successful policies for tackling poverty are costly but may be a bargain when compared with the estimated national annual price of child poverty — $800 billion to $1.1 trillion.