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Mississippians saddled with $507 million in criminal justice debts, preventing future opportunity

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On Wed, 01/13/2021 - 11:27 AM

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

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For many families, Mississippi’s child support enforcement program proves nonsensical

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On Wed, 12/30/2020 - 04:40 PM

Editor’s note: This story is part three of a series examining Mississippi’s child support enforcement program.

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Who’s getting rich off child support? (Hint: It’s not the moms)

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On Wed, 12/30/2020 - 10:48 AM

Editor’s note: This story is part two in a series examining Mississippi’s child support enforcement program.

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Mississippi evictions never stopped despite federal moratorium and COVID-19 relief

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On Wed, 12/30/2020 - 10:18 AM

Under a federal eviction moratorium and as a deadly virus continued to rage, landlords in Jackson sued even more tenants each day than they did in previous years.

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Son of ‘Million Dollar Man’ admits to defrauding Mississippi’s welfare agency, turns state’s evidence

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On Thu, 12/17/2020 - 03:27 PM

During his televised wrestling days, Mississippi’s famed “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase adopted the phrase: “Every man has his price.”
For his son, that price was $48,000.

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New Summit School operators allegedly fleeced the Mississippi Department of Education out of more than $2 million from 2017 to 2020 using a program that serves hospitalized children. They had been charging the program for over a decade.

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On Thu, 04/08/2021 - 02:03 PM

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Parents of special needs students worry about New Summit School’s future after owner’s arrest

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On Wed, 04/07/2021 - 04:49 PM

Educators assessed Mary Harbin Hinds, who has a rare chromosome disorder resulting in academic delays, as a nonreader when she entered New Summit School in third grade.

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Struggling renters in Mississippi can now apply for assistance

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On Mon, 03/29/2021 - 02:27 PM

Mississippi is now accepting applications to help struggling renters, three months after then-President Donald Trump signed a massive COVID-19 stimulus bill, including $25 billion for rental assistance.

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‘A profound betrayal of trust’: Why Jackson’s water system is broken

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On Wed, 03/24/2021 - 09:49 AM

How a shrinking city, aging infrastructure and racism left thousands of Jacksonians without water for weeks.

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Feds accuse New Summit private school leaders of bilking $2 million in Mississippi public school dollars

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On Thu, 03/18/2021 - 02:53 PM

When agents arrested Nancy New and her son Zach New in 2020 on charges they allegedly stole $4 million in Mississippi welfare dollars, onlookers speculated how the popular private schools they ran, New Summit, may be implicated.

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