Appeared in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal November 13, 2013
Mississippi’s most energetic think tank, the Mississippi Economic Policy Center, revealed a proposal Tuesday that would increase the number of Mississippi college students applying for need-based financial aid, and in… (read more)
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Appeared in the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal November 13, 2013
TUPELO – Mississippi must provide more aid to low-income college students, a new report says.
Doing so would both attract more students to pursue higher education and help them to… (read more)
At the Mississippi Economic Policy Center, we advocate for public structure that creates opportunities for individuals and families to move up the economic ladder. Over the next year, MEPC will be digging deeper on a number of its issues to… (read more)
Appeared in the Magee Courier November 5, 2013
Last Friday, according to the Associated Press, more than 47 million Americans who receive food stamps saw their benefits go down.
Congress will continue negotiations on future cuts to the program.
Here… (read more)
Aired on WLBT/FOX 40 on November 3, 2013
Two million pounds of food are shipped out to food banks from the Mississippi Food Network’s warehouse every month. That number could rise because of the food stamp cuts.
“We’re going to… (read more)
Aired on WJTV
Hundreds of thousands of Mississippians who get food stamps will see a cut in their benefits starting this month.
A temporary increase in SNAP payments approved by Congress during the recession has expired and won’t be extended.… (read more)
Aired on WLOX on October 31, 2013
According to representatives of the Mississippi Economic Policy Center, an estimated 664,000 Mississippians wake up this morning without as many food assistance benefits.
A temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, or… (read more)
Appeared on WCBI.com October 31, 2013
JACKSON, Miss. — Beginning today, 664,000 people in Mississippi will see their food assistance benefits cut, when a temporary boost, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program… (read more)
Appeared in the Clarion Ledger October 25, 2013
Mississippians and others receiving food stamps will see their monthly benefits reduced beginning next Friday.
A 2009 stimulus bill that raised Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits is ending.
The U.S. Department of… (read more)
One in every four Mississippians lives in poverty, according to 2012 census data. This is an increase from one in five reported in 2007, before the recession began. The median income in Mississippi is $37,095, $13,000 below the national average,… (read more)
