Mississippi Edition

Heavy rain and floods in North Mississippi.Then, enhanced unemployment benefits are set to expire.Plus, we check in with healthcare workers more than a year after COVID-19 first reached Mississippi.And, a conversation with artist H.C. Porter.

Flooding in North Mississippi forces evacuations.Plus, we visit a pop-up vaccine clinic in Richland.Then, a look at policing in rural Mississippi.And, in today's Book Club, the power and violence of the Ku Klux Klan in 1960s Jones County.

A new survey probes Mississippi's appetite for medical marijuana and expanded Medicaid.Then, Mississippi communities battle a rising tide of gun violence.And, after a Southern Remedy Health Minute, a major airline returns to Jackson.

Congressman Bennie Thompson says a higher minimum wage, among other reforms, can better the lives of poor Mississippians.Then, community leaders talk vaccine hesitancy.And, a new Alzheimer's drug faces questions of efficacy and accessibility.

Mississippi officials deliver a COVID-19 progress report.Then, concerns about voter turnout loom over the state's municipal elections.And, a Clarksdale hotel is one of America's most endangered historical sites.

The Mississippi Senate Public Health and Welfare committee holds a hearing on medical marijuana.Plus, Moderna files for full FDA approval of its COVID-19 vaccine.Then, Mississippi's abortion debate intensifies in the lead-up to a pivotal Supreme Court case.And, a look at how the state spends on schools.

Mississippi is the only state not to apply for disaster mitigation funding under a new federal program.Then, summer resources designed to boost Mississippi's literacy rate kick into gear.And, writer Ben Beard examines how the South is portrayed in film.

An activist group attempts to reverse the Mississippi Supreme Court's ballot initiative decision.Then, Indian immigrants watch as COVID-19 vaccines go to waste in the U.S.And, what postseason baseball means for Mississippi's college towns.

An update from the Mississippi State Medical Association.Then, for COVID long-haulers, the physical and mental effects of the coronavirus are here to stay.Plus, Mississippi's Insurance Commissioner evaluates the state's preparedness for hurricane season.