Mississippi Edition, September 24, 2009

State agencies are presenting their budget needs proposals this week and the needs are, indeed, great. We’ll talk with Republican Senator Terry Burton and Democratic Representative Steve Holland on what the legislature is up against for Fiscal Year 2011. How does Mississippi rate when it comes to recycling old tires? Find out. And in our Mississippi Edition book club we learn that, contrary to popular belief, James Meredith was not the first African American student at the University of Mississippi.