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En toda la Costa del Golfo, las autoridades sanitarias de la región están empezando a reconocer que es necesario un acercamiento más específico para hacer llegar las vacunas a los trabajadores de estas industrias de alto riesgo. -
Prisons in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are chronically understaffed, even after pay raises. The latest effort to fix the problem is taking place in Walmart parking lots across Mississippi.
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The final vote tally: 1,798 against unionizing versus 738 in favor of a union. About 500 challenged ballots were not counted, with most challenges coming from Amazon.
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Politicians across the aisle agree that grocery taxes harm low-income families. And yet the tax remains untouched.
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In a large auditorium in rural Plaquemines Parish, La., hundreds of commercial fishers and processing plant workers got their shot in the arm last week.…
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After a fire destroyed their last apartment in 2019, Kenneth Tyrone King and his family recently saved up enough money to rent a new place in Birmingham,…
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The vote on whether or not to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. may seem like a once-in-a-lifetime chance for a big union win in the South.…
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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic. The first case in Louisiana was March 9, Mississippi confirmed…
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When Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed leases for two new privately-owned prisons earlier this year, the decision sparked uproar with the public, activists and…
The Regional Team:
Priska Neely, managing editor based at WBHM in Birmingham
Shalina Chatlani, health care reporter based at WWNO in New Orleans
Becca Schimmel, criminal justice reporter based at MPB in Jackson
Stephan Bisaha, wealth and poverty reporter based at WBHM in Birmingham