Molly Minta is a Reporter at various outlets including The 74 Media and The Washington Post. She specializes in themes such as juvenile justice, legal rights of minors, and public transportation, often focusing on the intersections of law, crime, and technology. Molly's work has been featured in numerous publications, including Yahoo News, Ms. Magazine, and the Associated Press.
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Molly Minta's coverage primarily focuses on government and politics, with a specific emphasis on education-related topics in Mississippi. Her articles often feature announcements from government officials and legal policy regulations, particularly regarding higher education institutions in the state.
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The ex-mayor, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy to commit bribery one week before he was expected to go on trial in July.
By: Molly Minta
Jackson police provided no details that might explain how the 29-year-old Black woman, Tasia Fortune, ended up in the manner she was discovered.
By: Simeon Gates, Molly Minta
The Hinds County coroner has identified Tasia Fortune as the woman found hanging from a tree behind a vacant home in Jackson earlier this week.
By: Molly Minta
Stephen Spencer Pittman has been in jail since his arrest hours after the Jan. 10 fire at Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in northeast Jackson, where investigators said he broke in, doused the lobby in gasoline and set it on fire.
By: Molly Minta
Poor recordkeeping was one reason acting Hinds DA Brad McCullouch asked the state auditor to review finances under former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who pleaded guilty in June to a federal corruption charge.
By: Molly Minta
Days before Brad McCullouch would be appointed the Hinds County district attorney in July, he sat down in a tan Shaquille O'Neal executive chair in a mostly empty corner office on the fifth floor of the Hinds County Courthouse.
By: Molly Minta
Deonte Shaw, a former Hinds County jail inmate, says in a federal lawsuit that he was severely beaten while in custody. The county denies it. His girlfriend spent weeks seeking answers about what happened.
The Jackson City Council voted 5-1 in favor of a $337 million budget for the year that begins Oct. 1. It includes a $113 million general fund that will mostly be spent on services such as police, firefighting and public works.
By: Molly Minta
The Jackson Police Department arrested 51-year-old man Jarques Ratliff on Friday in the killing of Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old Black woman who in August was found hanging from a tree next to a vacant home in west Jackson.
