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FOCUS: H.B. 1020 • LGBTQ+ • #MSWelfare/TANF Scandal • Jackson Water • Abortion • Race & Racism • 2023 Elections • Voting
Haley Barbour speaks at a podium in front of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency headquarters which is named after him
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Before Mississippi’s TANF Scandal, There Were Plantations and Haley Barbour’s Port Scheme

Then-Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour channeled $570 million in Hurricane Katrina housing recovery funds away from rebuilding housing for poor Gulf Coast residents and toward improving the state port at Gulfport. That’s vital context for $77-mllion TANF scandal, Ellen Ann Fentress writes.

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Ellen Ann Fentress November 17, 2022
3D art showing a mermaid, turtle, and starfish under water
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Women-led Krewe of Nereids Holds Mermaid-inspired Craft Show in Bay St. Louis

The Krewe of Nereids, a women-founded Mardi Gras group that originated in Waveland, Miss., is hosting its annual Mermaids Arts and Crafts Show at the historic L & N Train Depot in Bay St. Louis, Miss., on Nov. 12 and Nov. 13, 2022.

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Dustin Cardon November 10, 2022
Edward Gonzales navigates his small bass boat throughout the flooded streets of the Shoreline Park community
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‘I Am Down Here for Life’: Hurricane Ida United Neighbors, Built Bonds in Hancock County

As Hurricane Ida moved over the Mississippi Gulf Coast on the 16th anniversary of a storm named Katrina, Edward Gonzales maneuvered his small bass boat through the swamped streets of Shoreline Park, an area of Hancock County inundated with flooding, looking for people to assist.

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Stacey Cato September 8, 2021

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