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More than half the counties in Mississippi have seen high rates of poverty for 30 years. The Jackson-based Mississippi Economic Policy Center will host a conference this week that aims to take a holistic approach to ending persistent poverty in the state.

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In Mississippi, he points out, half the state's 82 counties have experienced persistent poverty, where at least 20 percent of the people have lived in poverty for three decades.

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