Jun 27 5 important stories you may have missed By Joshua Barajas, Laura Santhanam, Iman Smith In a week fraught with murky developments over the GOP Senate health care bill, here are some important stories you may have missed. Continue reading
May 28 Eight people dead in Mississippi shootings after domestic dispute By Kamala Kelkar A suspect was arrested after a house-to-house shooting spree that killed eight in rural Mississippi on Saturday night, including a sheriff’s deputy. Continue reading
Mar 25 In the state with the highest medical debt, it’s the middle class who carries the burden By Max Blau, STAT Nearly 40 percent of adults under 65 carry medical debt, and many of them are middle class. When they don't pay their bills, hospitals must eat the cost. Continue reading
Mar 18 Court blocks Mississippi law that would have shuttered state’s only abortion clinic By Michael D. Regan A federal court in Mississippi on Friday ruled against a state law that would have shut down the state's lone abortion clinic in the city of Jackson. Continue reading
Nov 02 Assailants set fire to black Mississippi church, spray paint ‘Vote Trump’ By Kenya Downs The attack on a black church is the latest in a long history of racially motivated voter intimidation tactics. Continue reading
Oct 29 To boost downtowns, some cities loosen rules on public drinking By Tim Henderson, Stateline Beginning in the 1950s, many cities banned open containers of alcohol in public. Now several cities are bringing it back — in a controlled fashion. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch 7:23 Tornado-stricken Joplin now thrives, but emotional scars linger By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch 9:34 Assessing whether corporal punishment helps students, or hurts them By PBS News Hour Corporal punishment is still used in 21 states' public schools. Proponents say the method can motivate children to behave, but research suggests otherwise. Trey Clayton, for instance, was paddled repeatedly in school as a teenager, ultimately suffering a broken jaw… Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch 7:02 Struggles for power plant with White House backing raise concerns about clean coal By PBS News Hour Clean coal technology is key to the Obama administration’s plans for combating climate change. But a high-profile power plant, once a poster child for clean coal’s promise, has run billions over budget in construction costs, faces federal investigations and allegations… Continue watching
Jun 29 Can Mississippi schools get ahead after a new round of budget cuts? By Marquita Brown, The Hechinger Report Art lessons or larger classes? Years of stagnant funding forces Mississippi educators to make tough choices. Continue reading