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Published by Daniel Cherry on 19 Apr 2013 04:48pm | Listen Now Three years after the largest environmental disaster in American history, Mississippi has filed lawsuits against BP for the 2010 oil spill. Mississippi is now the third state to file suit against the company. Full Article > -
Published by Jeffrey Hess on 19 Apr 2013 03:45pm | Listen Now The head of a major U.S. hospital is warning that the health care industry in the U.S. is ignoring embedded racism. Full Article > -
Published by Lawayne Childrey on 19 Apr 2013 03:28pm | Listen Now Six out of ten Black Mississippian's don't have a bank account and one institution is trying to change that trend beginning with preschoolers. Full Article > -
Published by Associated Press on 19 Apr 2013 10:50am Thousands of police officers are on the streets in the Boston area, looking for the remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings. Full Article > -
Published by Daniel Cherry on 18 Apr 2013 04:27pm | Listen Now A warm winter and lots of rain have trees producing more pollen than usual. Mississippi is experiencing a "perfect storm" for allergies this Spring. Full Article > -
Published by Jeffrey Hess on 18 Apr 2013 02:19pm | Listen Now The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning is fundamentally change how it divides up money among the state’s 8 public colleges and universities. Full Article > -
Published by Jeffrey Hess on 18 Apr 2013 11:37am | Listen Now Expanding Mississippi's Medicaid program to cover 300,000 more residents is one of the most hotly debated political battles in that state Full Article > -
Published by Daniel Cherry on 17 Apr 2013 09:15pm | Listen Now A Mississippi man has been arrested for allegedly sending letters to Senator Roger Wicker and President Obama that tested positive for the poison ricin. Full Article > -
Published by Jeffrey Hess on 17 Apr 2013 03:01pm | Listen Now A sweeping set of changes to Mississippi's educational system is now law. Full Article > -
Published by Jeffrey Hess on 17 Apr 2013 01:30pm | Listen Now Medicaid only provides health insurance to about 12% of Mississippians but its impact on the health care market place is much larger. Full Article > -
Published by Lawayne Childrey on 17 Apr 2013 05:59am | Listen Now The explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon are still fresh on the minds of Mississippi runners and spectators who participated in the event. Full Article > -
Published by Daniel Cherry on 16 Apr 2013 06:32pm | Listen Now Environmentalists, residents, and community activists along the Mississippi Gulf Coast are calling for BP to face the maximum penalty for the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. Full Article > -
Published by Jeffrey Hess on 16 Apr 2013 11:29am | Listen Now On Monday, a federal judge handed down a ruling temporarily prohibiting Mississippi from closing the state's only abortion clinic. Tempers are flaring at Mississippi's lone abortion clinic, following a ruling by a federal judge keeping the clinic open. Full Article > -
Published by Lawayne Childrey on 16 Apr 2013 05:49am | Listen Now Governor Phil Bryant is standing by his decision not to expand Medicaid in Mississippi. It comes as the Presidents budget proposal last week calls for a one year delay in some reductions to Medicaid payments to hospitals. Full Article > -
Published by Jeffrey Hess on 16 Apr 2013 05:31am | Listen Now In the first of a three part series, we take a closer look at Medicaid in Mississippi and what expansion means. Full Article >
