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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 29, 2022

MDHS announces additional TANF families will receive financial assistance

The first round of PEAF payments, issued in December 2021, helped over 1,500 Mississippi families.  This week, 136 low-income Mississippi households received a one-time payment of $1000 in emergency financial assistance under the Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund (PEAF) initiative administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services (MDHS). This second round of emergency assistance funding…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
March 28, 2022

Conference report signed for Mississippi equal pay legislation

Mississippi remains the only state in the nation without equal pay protections.  UPDATE March 30, 11 a.m.: HB 770 was adopted by the House and the Senate.  Prior to the 2022 Legislative session, the idea of equal pay legislation gained traction because Mississippi is currently the only state in the nation without state level equal pay protections for…