Science

Mississippi’s fishing and coastal tourist industries aren’t the only ones feeling the economic pinch of last year’s Oil Disaster. As money stops flowing into the businesses most directly impacted by the spill, economic hardship filters into some unexpected places. Eve Abrams reports. 

Mississippi's economic and legislative leaders are expressing growing optimism about the future of the state's economy. MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports the addition of new, high tech industries are driving the positive trend... 

Community leaders across Mississippi are asking legislators to help rid their neighborhoods of toxic waste. MPB's Lawayne Childrey reports how contamination from abandoned industrial sites have been blamed for a high increase in death rates in many of Mississippi's poorest communities.