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A watch tower stands high on the grounds of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, March 20, 2019, in Pearl, Miss. Incarcerated women in Mississippi were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted terminal cancer and was denied timely medical care, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, alleges. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi inmates were exposed to dangerous chemicals and denied health care, lawsuit says
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Wed,02/14/24-2:03PM , 48 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted terminal cancer and was denied timely medical care, a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges.
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Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, left, and Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves, right, shake hands after the governor announced a major public safety operation called Operation Unified for the city of Jackson, involving coordinated efforts between state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies to get drug traffickers and violent criminals off the capital city's streets, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi governor announces new law enforcement operation to curb crime in capital city
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,02/13/24-6:18PM , 248 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have surged local, state and federal resources to Mississippi’s capital city for a new operation aimed at curbing violent crime, drug trafficking and other offenses, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday.
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AP correspondent Julie Walker reports on DEI State Government

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Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Fri,02/09/24-11:03PM , 40 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters in this election year.
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Mar-Jac Poultry in Hattiesburg, Miss., shown in July 26, 2023. The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at the Mississippi poultry factory is suing the companies who hired him to work at the plant, accusing them of failing to follow safety standards that would have prevented his death. (Lici Beveridge/Hattiesburg American via AP)

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A Mississippi poultry plant is being sued by a woman whose 16-year-old son died working there
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,02/06/24-5:39PM , 31 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory is suing the companies that hired and employed him, accusing them of failing to follow safety standards that could have prevented his death.
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