Phoebe Judge

21% of Mississippians are uninsured, and it’s estimated that more than 100 people lose their insurance each day in the state. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on what the state’s free health clinics are doing to help.

The first trial over whether Gulf Coast residents were affected by dangerous levels of formaldehyde in FEMA trailers is underway in New Orleans. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on what the trial could mean for thousands of coastal Mississippi residents.

The majority of Mississippians work for a small business, and President Obama has vowed that his healthcare reform bill will make the insurance process more secure for small business owners and their employees. But as MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports not everyone is so convinced.

Mississippi is in the middle of a massive plan to help rebuild water and waste water systems devastated by Hurricane Katrina, but some of those projects have environmental threatening lawsuits. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports

Labor Day marks the official end of the summer tourism season on the Gulf Coast. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on how this season faired given the nationwide recession.

50% percent of all businesses in Hancock County were severely damaged or destroyed during Hurricane Katrina, but a new loan program in that county is hoping to bring some of that business back. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports.

Transportation Officials from all across the Southeast are meeting this week in Biloxi to discuss how to address growing infrastructure needs in a time of declining budgets. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports.

Four years ago the largest natural disaster in the history of our country slammed into the Gulf Coast. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports on how far the Coast has come in its recovery from hurricane Katrina and what lessons have been learned in case another were to strike again.

One year after the largest raid of illegal immigrants in the history of the Department of Homeland Security was conducted in Laurel, that community is still feeling the effects. MPB's Phoebe Judge reports.