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Erica Hensley, a native of Atlanta, has been working as an investigative reporter for Mississippi Today since May 2018. She is a member of the engagement team and curates The Inform[H]er, our monthly women and girls’ newsletter. Before joining our team, she was a freelance reporter and worked as a reporter for Georgia Health News and managing editor for Aesculapian. She also was a bookseller. Her work has appeared on WebMD, WABE, Georgia Health News, Paste magazine and Rural Health Quarterly. She was also selected as a McGill Fellow for Journalistic Courage. Erica received a bachelor’s in print journalism and political science from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and a master’s in health and medical journalism from the University of Georgia Grady College for Journalism and Mass Communication. She is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors.
A Jones County prosecutor and a top sheriff’s official found a new way to punish pregnant women suspected of using drugs. The duo believe their approach, which has resulted in 20 prosecutions in four years, will break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and incarceration in southern Mississippi. But is it constitutional?
Chair of the influential Judiciary B Committee says she leads by listening and encouraging deliberation. In the recently completed session, the committee passed the second-most suffrage bills ever in addition to human trafficking legislation.
There are only two certified sexual assault nurse examiners currently practicing in Mississippi. One nurse is on a mission to change that.
Report: All 82 Mississippi counties have health issues, but some fare better than others. Food deserts, child poverty and median income are the strongest indicators of a county’s health outcomes.
Proponents say measure “clarifies that they can’t be left in the property indefinitely.” But critics argue that policies making it easier for landlords to evict will only add to Mississippi’s affordable housing problem.
Two years after a national report ranked Mississippi last in the nation for patient protection, Mississippi Today and WLBT examined thousands of doctor disciplinary records and found a lack of transparency in dealing with problem doctors and an agency slow to enact patient safeguards.
The Brookhaven lawmaker dishes on reforming sex education, domestic abuse laws and the need for pay equity
Bri Jackson, the protagonist of the Mississippi-born author’s second novel, finds that hip-hop success always comes with strings attached
Patrick Joseph Fick illustrates the difficulty of navigating Mississippi’s tough felony enfranchisement laws
A major leadership shakeup dominated the first day of the 2019 legislative session — and more could be on the way
While experts say the uncertainty from changes likely kept some out of the marketplace, 4,658 more Mississippians signed up this year – a 6 percent gain.
With other abortion cases pending, the amount is likely to increase
Despite obstacles, Mississippi enrollment in the Affordable Care Act is steady compared to last year
Mississippi Today tracked down sources of claims the governor made at a recent Cindy Hyde-Smith press conference
Pro-choice and pro-life groups see the Magnolia State as ground zero for the abortion debate