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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2018

Runoff results are in: Guest takes the #ms03 win and Baria wins in #mssen

Tuesday’s runoff election left Mississippi with two individuals who would advance on their party’s ticket in the U.S. Senate and Third Congressional District races. For the #mssen election, Democrat David Baria turned the tables on opponent Howard Sherman, who had previously won the primary. Baria pulled out 58.5% of the vote, a good bit ahead…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 27, 2018

Bridging the gap between the formerly incarcerated and jobs

Let the formerly incarcerated work Mississippi has a recidivism problem that’s jeopardizing public safety and burdening taxpayers. As of 2013, the Magnolia State had the nation’s third-highest incarceration rate per capita. What’s more, research suggests that around 95 percent of Mississippi’s enormous prison population will eventually be freed. And, unfortunately, around three quarters of those…