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More people will travel over the Thanksgiving holiday but the increase is small.

Mississippi childcare providers are up in arms over a fingerscan program for low-income parents. 

A symposium at the University of Mississippi’s Law School seeks answers on how to help small-scale farmers in the Delta and end the chronic food shortage affecting the poor.

A new collaborative seeks to deepen the ties between Mississippi’s four research universities and three national research laboratories.

Oil and gas companies are looking to expand in Mississippi. Residents are learning how to deal with the booming industry.

The goal of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is to end veteran homelssness by 2015.  Mississippi is inching its way toward that goal, with hundreds of homeless veterans living in the woods along the Gulf Coast.

Republican Steven Palazzo won a second  term representing Mississippi's 4th Congressional District.

The National Institute for Undersea Science & Technology at the University of Mississippi is leading a three-year research project on the impact of the BP oil spill.

An IHL report underscores the long road to economic recovery.

Trade relations with Canada are responsible for 64-thousand jobs in Mississippi.

The head of the Mississippi development Authority is explaining what he thinks the state needs to do to bring new companies.

The two main candidates in the First Congressional District in north Mississippi square off: Republican Congressman Alan Nunnelee and his Democratic challenger Brad Morris.

The car industry in North America is bouncing back. Toyota Mississippi is profiting from demand.

After 11 years at the helm of the Mississippi State Port, Executive Director Don Allee has resigned, effective Nov. 2. And port commissioners are reconsidering plans to elevate the West Pier to 25 feet.

Rumors about candidates for jobs in a possible Romney administration are flying fast and furious. One such rumor involves Mississippi’s former Governor Haley Barbour.