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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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Tunica housing director allegedly stole $765K while turning away needy homeowners

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On Thu, 02/25/2021 - 04:55 PM

Mardis Jones, a government contractor, had just secured a sweet deal with the Tunica County Board of Supervisors to run the county’s one-of-a-kind housing rehabilitation program when he got the call from Linda Fay Engle-Harris in late 2014.

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Tunica housing director allegedly stole $750K while turning away needy homeowners

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On Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:45 AM

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It’s been a year since they were arrested for allegedly stealing millions from the poor. Here’s what happened.

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On Fri, 02/05/2021 - 09:40 AM

In 2020, after years of questions and complaints from struggling families, advocates and reporters regarding the state’s administration of a federal program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the public found out where at least some of the money went.

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Judge rejects plea deal for star witness in welfare embezzlement case

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On Thu, 02/04/2021 - 10:30 AM

As the accountant, Ann McGrew would have some of the most direct knowledge about who directed funds to which sources within a “sprawling” welfare embezzlement scheme uncovered one year ago.

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These Black residents are led by an all-Black local government. But there’s still a ‘race problem.’

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On Tue, 02/02/2021 - 10:15 AM

The all-Black board in charge of running Holmes County, one of the consistently poorest and blackest communities in the United States, didn’t have a problem voting unanimously to remove the Confederate soldier monument outside the courthouse last July.

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