Politics

Governor Phil Bryant talks about what he wants to achieve with his address.

Schools around the country close in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But schools in the Deep South are also observing the birthday of Confederate General, Robert E. Lee.

A conservative think tank argues state based control of insurance exchanges are an illusion.

A new program could help show which spending generates the most benefit.

Mississippi's lone abortion clinic has not been able to meet new regulations approved last year.

lawmakers and state agency heads look for ways to make Mississippi schools more secure.

Mississippi's lone abortion clinic faces a friday deadline to meet new regulations.

The first meeting of the house education committee begins with bipartisan questions.

The number of Mississippians applying for permits have more than doubled in the past five years. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports... 

Nearly three thousand Mississippi community college students lost their Pell Grants in Fall 2012. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports, a higher education researcher says that could put a college education out of reach for many students. 

lawmakers begin their three-month legislative session in Jackson.

Nearly all of the 174 Senators and Representatives returned to the state Capitol for the start of the 2013 legislative session on Tuesday.

Also topping the 2013 legislative agenda is education reform, and as MPB's Daniel Cherry reports, charter schools are expected to be the biggest education issue.

A group of hospitals and public health advocates want the state to expand the medicaid program.

The federal government is delaying approval of a proposed health insurance marketplace.