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Culture  |  Guest Editorial  • 
November 30, 2022

SALTER: Jailing mental patients is an old problem that remains ‘unacceptable’ in Mississippi

**Submission by Sid Salter** Mississippi remains the focus of a 2016 U.S. Justice Department lawsuit which alleges, among other things, that the state “violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA) by failing to provide adults with mental illness with necessary integrated, community-based mental health services.” The U.S.…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
November 29, 2022

Governor Reeves: It is excellent news Jackson Mayor won’t be overseeing water system

Reeves adds that it is very promising that this problem is now going to be solved outside of the city’s backrooms. Earlier today, the United States Department of Justice filed a proposal in federal court that upon approval would appoint an Interim Third Party Manager to stabilize the city of Jackson, Mississippi’s public drinking water system, saying…