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A CSX Transport freight train passes through Bay St. Louis along tracks that could one day host an Amtrak passenger route. Credit: Sara DiNatale/Mississippi Today

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Snarky tweets, time lapse videos: How the Gulf Coast train beef between Amtrak and CSX is intensifying
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,04/12/22-1:50PM , 793 Reads 13,585 Statewide
Marc Magilari leaned against a railing at a community civic center, perched above the railway as a CSX freight train roared by.
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Haley Morgan, 23 of Oxford, near the Starbucks where she is employed. Morgan is spearheading a movement in the state for baristas at Starbucks stores to unionize. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Starbucks employees and others trying to unionize in Mississippi face decades-old hardships
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,04/11/22-1:50PM , 1,204 Reads 21,532 Statewide
Haley Morgan lost her job at a liquor store when she came out as transgender last year.

The 23-year-old cycled through job interviews where she shared her new, chosen name. She didn’t get calls back.
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House Speaker Philip Gunn, far right, and others gathered in the House of Representative chambers, listen to singer/songwriter Steve Azar sing, "One Mississippi", during the first day of the legislative session, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Bill passes to remove “Go, Mississippi”, a song with segregationist roots, as the official state song; Allocates $40 million in ARP funds toward tourism and marketing
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Mon,04/04/22-9:00AM , 835 Reads 16,841 Statewide
The final debate on the Senate floor about a large tourism spending bill didn’t focus on the millions of dollars earmarked for the state’s visitors bureaus, but over the future of the state song – rather, songs – and the lack of Black members on the song-selection committee.
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A group of Maximus call center workers in Hattiesburg, went on strike today, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi call center workers go on strike to demand better benefits, treatment
By SARA DINATALE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY - Emmerich News
Thu,03/24/22-2:38PM , 1,072 Reads 19,447 Statewide
Dozens of people went on strike Wednesday nearby Maximus Federal’s Hattiesburg call center demanding better treatment from the company. Better health coverage and higher wages were among their demands.
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