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22/12/2024

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21/12/2024

MFP Weekly Roundup: December 16 - 20, 2024

Review the Mississippi Free Press' latest stories discussing topics like homeless camps, government shutdowns, student drivers and more!

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20/12/2024

"My parents taught me to give what you would like to receive—to give your best, and to give without hesitation," Kiden-Aloyse Smith writes.

Kiden-Aloyse writes on the holiday season and why it should be one where we prioritize generosity, helping those in need.

20/12/2024

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20/12/2024

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a government-funding plan, or federal agencies will shutter, disrupting many services people rely upon like Social Security and Medicare and forcing troops and law-enforcement officers to remain at their posts.

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a government-funding plan, or federal agencies will shutter, disrupting many services people rely upon.

20/12/2024

The Jackson Resource Center is moving forward with its plan for a homeless resource campus and a tiny-homes project in West Jackson. “Envision the suburbs, if you will. In my mind, that’s where they will be living, in their own suburbs,” CEO Putalamus White said.

The Jackson Resource Center is moving forward with its plan for a homeless resource campus and a tiny-homes project in West Jackson.

19/12/2024

“We’re looking forward to listening deeply to folks in the Delta through our signature Solutions Circles," MFP Publisher Kimberly Griffin said. "The Delta has a rich history with complex stories that Mississippi, and the nation needs to see more of.”

The Mississippi Free Press is partnering with Report for America for a third year, allowing us to hire a reporter to cover the Mississippi Delta.

19/12/2024

Sunnybrook is now expanding its driver's ed program statewide through a $2.1-million grant from the Mississippi Department of Child Protective Services. The courses are offered during the summer and other school breaks and are open to any student who is in CPS custody.

Sunnybrook Children’s Home is expanding its pilot driver education program for foster-care students after getting a $2.1-million grant.

19/12/2024

“The blood of innocent children stains the marble floors of Congress, where empty promises and hollow prayers echo through the chambers of inaction,” Duvalier Malone writes following the Madison, Wis., shooting.

“The blood of innocent children stains the marble floors of Congress, where empty promises and hollow prayers echo through the chambers of inaction,” Malone writes.

19/12/2024

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18/12/2024

President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown—days before federal funding runs out.

President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown—days before federal funding runs out.

18/12/2024

"A federal agency that wants to adopt or amend a regulation must notify the public of that intention and receive public comments on the proposal," Sidney Shapiro writes. "It must also spell out how the law authorizes the agency to make the change, and offer clear objectives of what it wants the change to achieve."

Sidney Shapiro writes about administrative law, which ensures action of government agencies, and how it may be used during Trump’s second term.

18/12/2024

The Jackson City Council postponed a vote on an ordinance that would ban sleeping on city property and allow the forced removal of campsites.

The Jackson City Council postponed a vote on an ordinance that would make sleeping on city property illegal and allow the forced removal of homeless campsites.

18/12/2024

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity, blocking one potential off-ramp from the case ahead of the former and future president’s return to office next month.

A judge has refused to dismiss President-elect Donald Trump's hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling.

17/12/2024

"If we believe Trump and his Republican party have a mandate, then they will act as though they do," James M. Thomas writes. "Instead, our collective task now and for the foreseeable future is to instruct them by any and all means of the limits to their power."

James M. Thomas writes on the recent presidential election results and how citizens can use tools available to them to limit governmental power.

17/12/2024

“We don't want this to become a mass incarceration situation either,” City of Jackson Attorney Drew Martin warned. “We want to get people off the streets and find humane shelters for them.”

The Jackson City Council introduced an ordinance on Dec. 10, 2024, that would ban encampments on city property.

16/12/2024

"Among independents, 77% reported feeling dissatisfied or angry about the way things are going in the country today. That’s roughly in the middle of the 54% of Democrats and the 90% of Republicans who said the same," Reilly and Salit write.

Thom Reilly and Jacqueline Salit write about the rise of Independent voters and their role in the 2024 U.S. election.