December 2012 Archive

Mississippi doctors are using an old machine in a new way.

A media blitz and a committee seat change may usher a charter school expansion bill into law.

Mississippi lawmakers get a sneak peek at the next legislative session.

"Now if our overall education performance was in the top 1 or 2  or even in the top decile of all states that might be ok. But when you look at our performance results and consider that we're doing something that virtually no other state is doing in electing their superintendents it stands to reason that we would elect superintendents."

Maurice Lucas, president of the Cleveland School Board, talks about desegregating the Cleveland School District.

Tonya Short, mother of a 7th grader in Cleveland, spoke to MPB's Sandra Knispel about desegregating the Cleveland School District.

Holmes Adams, a lawyer for the Cleveland School District, discusses an ongoing desegregation case, involving the two middle and high schools in Cleveland.

A federal Judge is currently deciding whether two schools in the Delta will finally be desegregated.

Some Mississippi labor groups are now giving their support to a 2 point 8 billion dollar power plant under construction in Kemper County. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports, the groups' support comes after the company agreed to hire Mississippi union workers.

"In essence you've got state agencies that have approximately 3,000 PINS that have been authorized by the legislature in which there are no people that have been hired and in fact they've been unfilled for more than 60 days." 

Mississippi lawmakers are beginning talks on whether to expand the Medicaid program to cover 300 thousand low-income residents. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports...

" All we wanna do is get a modification where we can be able to pay and not struggle when his hours decrease and get the finances reduced. That's all we wanted to do is save our home."

A high rate of people without insurance means many Mississippians do not get basic health screenings.

Mississippi childcare providers are pushing back against a state program requiring some parents to scan their fingerprint at daycare centers.