Politics

Maurice Lucas, president of the Cleveland School Board, talks about desegregating the Cleveland School District.

Tonya Short, mother of a 7th grader in Cleveland, spoke to MPB's Sandra Knispel about desegregating the Cleveland School District.

Holmes Adams, a lawyer for the Cleveland School District, discusses an ongoing desegregation case, involving the two middle and high schools in Cleveland.

A federal Judge is currently deciding whether two schools in the Delta will finally be desegregated.

Some Mississippi labor groups are now giving their support to a 2 point 8 billion dollar power plant under construction in Kemper County. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports, the groups' support comes after the company agreed to hire Mississippi union workers.

"In essence you've got state agencies that have approximately 3,000 PINS that have been authorized by the legislature in which there are no people that have been hired and in fact they've been unfilled for more than 60 days." 

Mississippi lawmakers are beginning talks on whether to expand the Medicaid program to cover 300 thousand low-income residents. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports...

Mississippi childcare providers are pushing back against a state program requiring some parents to scan their fingerprint at daycare centers.

A trip over the Mississippi river could impact the debate over charter schools.

Latham told congressional leaders  that after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi officials were frustrated that the federal government required separate environmental and historic preservation reviews for some projects. He says the duplicated efforts severely hampered recovery.

Ole Miss is still working on ways to deal with the aftermath of the race protest the night of President Obama’s re-election.

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act are touting the law's potential impact on minority communities.

The Ole Miss community is still debating the ugly race protests on campus in the wake of President Obama’s re-election three weeks ago.

A ruling on redistricting could signal the end of the redistricting battle.

The University of Mississippi is taking concrete steps to deal with the fallout from the protests that erupted after President Obama’s re-election two weeks ago.