February 2013 Archive

A new study from the Children's Defense Fund says black children in Mississippi public schools are more than twice as likely to be disciplined or punished than white students.

The Mississippi insurance commissioner says there are still options for Mississippi to be involved in the insurance market.

Mississippi lawmakers are quickly moving through bills in the 2013 session.

The federal government will now run an insurance marketplace in Mississippi.

"You know fresh face, someone that's really eager to be involved in the student body and really putting emphasis on recruiting new students. And the president being there and being seen by the student body as not just being someone in higher authority."

Some Mississippi lawmakers want to remove state issued concealed carry firearm permits from the public eye.

Mississippi lawmakers are moving forward with their promise to focus on education reform this session.

According to the National Weather Service 41 Mississippian's were killed and nearly 300 were injured in severe weather outbreaks last year.

February 6th Roundup of news around Mississippi

George F. Will, Pulitzer-prize winning author, conservative political commentator and journalist, discusses national and Mississippi politics.

The Mississippi legislature is keeping the door open for Medicaid expansion, even though many members say they aren't ready to grow the program. MPB's Daniel Cherry reports...

But then on the other side you see United States citizens being trafficked in our own country in our own backyards. Particularly in the sex trade and our young girls and boys are particularly vulnerable in that arena."

Judiciary committees Tuesday approved House Bill 673 and Senate Bill 2719 on human trafficking.

Mississippi legislative roundup

A Mississippi House committee has given municipal officials what they've wanted for more than 20 years - a chance at passage of a local options sales tax.