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Disability Rights Mississippi & Southern Poverty Law Center sued in 2011 over conditions & treatment of children at the center, including denial of mental health treatment
& insufficient educational, rehabilitative and recreational programming.
They settled with the county & entered the consent decree in 2012
.Kate Royals of Mississippi Today is working on a story about the lack of #Medicaid expansion in #Mississippi and how it affects those in the coverage gap. She is looking for real stories from real people. Call her cell at 601-941-2079 if you're interested in being interviewed.
Large group of strikers are outside Maximus call center in Hattiesburg this morning. Many of these workers take calls for the Affordable Care Act marketplace — which is why they chose today to strike. It’s open enrollment. Mississippi Today
ICYMI: The federal board that decides if the Mississippi Gulf Coast gets its train to NOLA is scheduled to vote on its fate in December. (Could this saga be close to finally ending? This train was one of the first major stories I did for Mississippi Today)
mississippitoday.org/2022/10/28/amt…
National NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson discusses Jackson’s water crisis and the NAACP’s Title VI discrimination complaint on the latest episode of #TheOtherSideMT .
Listen: buff.ly/3NjsCla