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Leaders urged to prioritize employees, families, and childcare centers with remaining $800M in COVID-19 funding

May 27, 2020

Mississippi Center for Justice is among eleven Mississippi advocacy organizations that joined together to urge legislative leaders to prioritize Mississippi employees, families, and childcare centers as the remaining $800 million in State Supplemental COVID-19 funding decisions...

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How Recipients of SSI Can Get Stimulus Checks

May 1, 2020

Recent changes affect how the 8.2 million seniors and people with disabilities who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can receive their own $1,200 stimulus payments and the $500 payments for...

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Lawsuit Filed Against MDOC for Failing to Protect Prisoners from COVID-19

May 14, 2020

 

Today the Mississippi Center for Justice, along with the Hogan Lovells law firm, attorney Mark Whitburn of Austin, Texas, and the ACLU of Mississippi, filed a class action lawsuit against Mississippi’s two largest prisons for taking inadequate steps to prevent infection and...

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MCJ Petitions MS Supreme Court to Stop Garnishments

April 28, 2020

Mississippi Center for JusticeFor Immediate ReleaseApril 28, 2020Contact: Beth Orlansky, Advocacy Director, borlansky@mscenterforjustice.org

MCJ Files Emergency Motion Requesting End to...

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