Equity
One-in-ten working Mississippians lacks food, report finds
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Nearly half a million people in Mississippi were food insecure between 2016 and 2018
‘One thing begets the next’: Trump officials declared his tax cut a boon for poor Mississippi communities, but promises of affordable housing remain elusive
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Several low-income housing projects are now underway in so-called opportunity zones across the state. However, those developments were the result of rule changes by the state’s housing agency, not the president’s signature tax cuts plan
Government
As millions risk losing food benefits nationwide, Mississippians to see increase in assistance
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Mississippians won’t be forced off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under new work requirements set to take effect in April because the state already imposed the restriction in 2016
‘Don’t nobody listen’: Why a disabled Mississippi veteran is fighting to buy a new home — with his own money
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Anthony Burkett, 53, lives in a musty trailer with sinking floors, soft walls and leaky windows off a gravel road in rural Covington County. Between his savings and monthly disability checks, he can afford a new home. Why won’t a local judge overseeing his finances let him buy one?
Continental Tire’s promise of jobs part of ‘God’s design,’ officials claim at plant’s grand opening
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After years of controversy over millions of dollars in state tax incentives the German company received and a historic cemetery at the site, Continental Tire’s manufacturing facility in western Hinds County is officially open. Mississippi leaders hope the 2,500 jobs the company promises to provide in the next decade will spur economic growth in the region
Election 2019
Fact check: Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ claims about jobs and the Mississippi economy
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Mississippi Today analyzed and provided context for several of the lieutenant governor’s statements about the strength of the state economy, using federal labor data and interviews with state economist Darrin Webb
Government
Workforce leaders spin key report, overstate Mississippi’s role as leader in growing jobs for workers without college degrees
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Mississippi officials have widely touted a study from Georgetown University researchers they argue proves that Mississippi is a national leader in growing blue-collar jobs. However, the report’s authors and an independent analysis find some of those statements are inaccurate
Immigration
Chicken plants conspired to keep wages low at Southern plants, federal lawsuit alleges
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Several poultry processing facilities targeted in recent immigration raids as well as one of Mississippi largest companies are named as defendants
Immigration
Despite community ties, judge cites flight risk in denying bond to some immigrants
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A bond hearing for immigrants detained in Mississippi raids revealed a flawed screening system resulting in error-filled paperwork
en español
A pesar de sus lazos comunitarios, jueza cita riesgo de fuga al negar fianza de algunos inmigrantes
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Una audiencia para inmigrantes detenidos en las redadas de Mississippi revela un proceso de reviso defectuoso resultando en papeleo lleno de errores.
Immigration
Hungry, thirsty, sleep-deprived: Some immigrants without food nearly 24 hours before first court appearances
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Roughly 30 immigrants who were among the 680 workers detained during immigration-enforcement raids at Mississippi chicken plants earlier this month had their first day of court appearances since the raids
Government
How Mississippi, where chicken is a multi-billion dollar business, repeatedly balked at getting tougher on illegal immigration
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State leaders applauded recent federal immigration raids in Mississippi. But in the past decade several measures to toughen state immigration laws have failed to get traction in the Legislature. One reason: the powerful poultry industry
Government
Meat processing companies targeted in ICE immigration raids awarded millions in state grants
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Peco and Koch food companies benefited from incentives awarded to local governments for help with road construction and water and sewer systems
en español
La redadas de ICE causan un disminución de fuerza laboral en un sector que todavía busca llenar plazos
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Agentes de Investigación del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional sacaron a 680 personas de sus lugares de trabajo, empresas de procesamiento de pollo, en el centro de Mississippi el miércoles en la mañana—aproximadamente el tres por ciento de los empleados en la industria del procesamiento de pollos en el estado.