Phoebe Judge

Governor Barbour is proposing the closure of a number of mental health hospitals and crisis centers across the state as part of his budget recommendations. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on what consequences those closures might have.

A new project on the Gulf Coast is helping secure the future of Mississippi’s sea trout population. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on what is being done to save one of the Gulf of Mexico’s most popular fish.

On this Veterans Day MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on the struggles many of Mississippi’s veterans are dealing with on a daily basis.

A new research vessel and fisheries laboratory in Pascagoula will help to monitor critical changes occurring in oceans all across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. MPB's Phoebe Judge reports.

Mississippi’s homeless veteran population is a large and oftentimes overlooked group. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on one event on the Gulf Coast that aims to help out some of those in greatest need.

Mississippi’s peanut industry is taking off, and each year more small farmers are integrating the crop into their rotations. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on why the peanut is turning out to be such a good fit for Mississippi.

A new school based autism education program is attempting to bring more awareness to the growing number of Mississippi students diagnosed with the developmental disability. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports.

A new aerospace alliance between gulf coast states is hoping to position the region to be one the largest aerospace manufacturing corridors in the world. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports.

A disease being spread by beetles in South Mississippi could have devastating consequences for some tree species in that part of the state. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports.