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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 Knight Foundation fellow for our newsroom’s collaboration with local TV station WLBT and curates The Inform[H]er, our monthly women and girls’ newsletter. She is the 2019 recipient of the Doris O'Donnell Innovations in Investigative Journalism Fellowship. 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.
An automatic eviction used to mean the tenant had some time — usually 10 days — to move out, Jackson woman was one of the first cases under a new law on Mississippi’s books that allows for immediate evictions once a court rules in a landlord’s favor.
How one rural ambulance company providing emergency care for two Mississippi counties provides a valuable lesson in shrinking EMS safety net and consolidating health care.
This is the first Mississippi abortion restriction to reach the federal appeals stage since 2014, when the court allowed the clinic to remain open while a case over admitting privileges law made its way through the courts. That restriction was ultimately struck down.
To understand the whole picture of women seeking abortions – especially for states such as Mississippi where people tend to cross state lines more fluidly for reproductive care – the distinction between in- and out-of-state rates is key.
State officials say the non-participation fees paid by Baptist Medical Center and St. Dominic Hospital are vital to Mississippi’s trauma care system
In her book “Turning Pages,” Sonia Sotomayor speaks directly to young readers. She’ll also speak at this year’s Mississippi Book Festival
Report uses CDC data and census reports to drill into Delta-specific trends and state policy as indicators for teen pregnancy rates, like poverty and Mississippi state law requiring parents to decide if their child receives sex education.
Long waits, high volume and uncompensated care costs put pressure on emergency medical providers and increase risks for patients
Representative says she wants to focus on quality of life issues for families across the state, in addition to funding and strengthening Hattiesburg and the University of Southern Mississippi.
Savannah is one of 18 women Mississippi Today identified charged with felony child abuse by the Jones County district attorney’s office, which has partnered with the sheriff’s office to target women suspected of using drugs while pregnant. The assistant district attorney has argued that using controlled substances during a pregnancy is tantamount to poisoning a child.
Her life on Mississippi’s Coast inspired her latest novel, “Biloxi”, its aging protagonist and his canine companion.
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.