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Mississippians saddled with $507 million in criminal justice debts, preventing future opportunity
In 2019, people who had touched the criminal justice system in Mississippi held $507 million in debt as a result — more than double the $243 million they owed in 2009, according to a new report.
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An additional $58 million in rental assistance is on its way to renters and landlords
The Legislature’s appropriation for rental assistance comes nearly seven months after the pandemic began and after record unemployment.
Are the kids alright? How Jackson students are surviving the pandemic.
During the pandemic, kids in Mississippi’s capital city are overcoming mammoth challenges unique from any generation before them.
‘They’re easiest to step on’: The real reason why families in the Delta, one of the nation’s poorest regions, are also the most audited by the IRS
Humphreys County, where four out of ten people live in poverty, is the single most heavily IRS audited county in the nation.
What is Mississippi getting for $350 million a year in workforce development? Leaders vow to find out.
Leaders are questioning what the state has actually accomplished as its workforce participation rate remains among the worst in the nation.
Facing eviction? Here’s how to invoke the CDC’s moratorium
A renter must provide a declaration to their landlord in order to keep from being evicted under the new CDC eviction moratorium.
COVID-19 has made in-person court too risky, but eviction hearings continue — virtually
As the pandemic continues to strip income, tenants have been ordered to appear in virtual court to answer for unpaid rent to their landlords.
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