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U.S. Supreme Court being asked to remove last vestige of Jim Crow from state Constitution
The nation’s highest court is being asked to overturn the provision of the Mississippi’s constitution that places a lifetime ban on voting in most instances on people convicted of certain felonies.
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Starbucks employees and others trying to unionize in Mississippi face decades-old hardships
Across the country, more than 100 Starbucks are petitioning to unionize. Oxford employees wonder, “Why not Mississippi?”
Mississippi Legislature passes equal pay bill. Advocates say it’s terrible
Some equal pay advocates say the measure Mississippi lawmakers just passed is worse than not having a law and they’ll urge the governor to veto it.
Gov. Reeves advised to remove DHS child support requirement
Low-income single moms in Mississippi must sue their child’s father for child support before applying for child care assistance.
Lawmakers working to fix unconstitutional eviction law by reinstating grace period
U.S. District Judge Michael Mills ruled the law unconstitutional in November after a landlord in north Mississippi used it to justify taking everything Samantha Conner, a low-income single mom, owned.
Rental assistance program has doled out $110 million to stem evictions
As of Jan. 31, the state has obligated $110.3 million of rental assistance funds to landlords and renters in need.
Black women’s group says Mississippi equal pay proposals have ‘glaring flaws’
In the last state without equal pay protection for women, advocates say a House bill passed last week “is the opposite of an equal pay bill.”
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