Delta Residents Demand ‘Equitable Broadband Access for All’ Mississippi Communities
Mississippi Delta communities deserve equitable broadband access and transparency in federal grant spending, residents say.
Mississippi Delta communities deserve equitable broadband access and transparency in federal grant spending, residents say.
Mississippi’s failing hospitals, underfunded schools and lost ballot initiative are among issues lawmakers could tackle in 2024.
Future rape victims in Mississippi can have more confidence that the State will process their rape test kits in a timely manner after Gov. Tate Reeves signed House Bill 485 into law on April 17, but much work remains to be done, Ilse Knecht told the Mississippi Free Press.
Advocates say that House Bill 485, which is currently making its way through the Mississippi Legislature, could remedy the problem of long-unprocessed rape kits.
Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn announced a bipartisan slate of lawmakers who will comprise his Speaker’s Commission on Life and steer the effort to craft legislation focused on pregnancy, children and families.
Leaders of three re-entry organizations—Mississippi Center for Re-entry, RECH Foundation and New Way Mississippi—gathered for a press conference inside the Mississippi State Capitol on Feb. 24, 2022, to advocate for the passage of various post-incarceration reform bills.
For six hours on Thursday, Black Mississippi House representatives argued against a bill that would set limits on discussions of race in classrooms.
Incarcerated pregnant women and mothers of minor children will gain new protections under Mississippi law after the state senators, like their House colleagues, unanimously passed House Bill 196, “The Dignity for Incarcerated Women Act,” on Thursday.
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