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They dropped out of school, but 50 young people grabbed a second chance with YouthBuild. Now, they're graduating and building new lives.

Young immigrants in Mississippi are hoping a new executive order will give them protection from deportation.

The natural Resounces Defense council says Mississippi's air is among the most toxic in the nation.

An update on the Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed expansion of the Mississippi State Port at Gulfport outlines options for the long-term. The complete study by the Corps of Engineers will be done in 2015.

Mississippi Republicans are uniting around Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's choice for Vice President. MPB's Daniel Cherry has more.

About 30 undocumented immigrants are traveling across the country spreading their message of empowering the immigrant community.

Olympic gold medalist Brittney Reese of Gulfport is getting a hero's welcome.  She's also getting appreciation for taking her love for Mississippi onto the international stage.

Port Commissioners confirmed their promise to create 1,200 more jobs at the state port in Gulfport in order to get $570 million in restoration funds from HUD. The restoration from Hurricane Katrina is in progress, but some residents say the jobs aren't showing up soon enough.

The nation's blood supply is at a15-year low and the Red Cross region that includes South Mississippi never collects enough blood locally to meet the demand. Now the back-up from other areas is gone.

Conservation officials are looking hundreds of miles up the Mississippi River in hopes of fighting dead zones in the Gulf.

"And when you're living in poverty it's hard to find preventative healthcare services. Transportation is an issue, money is an issue and even knowing where to go to get those services is an issue."

Port leaders are under pressure from the Governor to move forward aggressively with the $570 million expansion of the state port in Gulfport.  The Georgia Ports Authority has been working with the Corps of Engineers in Savannah for 13 years to to deepen the channel there.

"Ok that is important because everybody should know what other people believe in. Why they are wearing the turban, why they are wearing the beard. Why they are having all these things. Because if we know we will understand what they believe in, what they are doing."

Hands Across the Sand is one way Mississippi environmental groups are drawing a line against drilling in state waters. The Mississippi Development Authority and two environmental groups face off Wednesday at an administrative hearing on the drilling rules.

Health officials say Mississippi is facing a busier year than most when it comes to West Nile Virus.