Mississippi Edition

Organizations that spent months advocating for Medicaid expansion are looking ahead to 2025 after efforts failed during this year's legislative session.Then, a national workplace safety group says two Mississippi companies are among the nation's most dangerous.Plus, a new book seeks to inspire young black women to be the best version of themselves.

What changes to the public employee's retirement system could mean for local governments in Mississippi.Then, it's economic development week in the state.Plus, President Joe Biden is posthumously awarding Medgar Wylie-Evers with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His daughter shares her experience accepting the award on behalf of her late father.

A new report outlines how prisons in Mississippi can allegedly pocket inmate welfare funds. Then, incoming college students are trying to sources of financial aid, but technical issues are plaguing the FAFSA portal. Plus, it's hurricane preparedness week. Emergency managers say now is the time to make plans for a possible storm.

Mississippi courts have chosen to not intervene in a case where public funds are being allocated to private schools.Then, Mississippi now joins Alabama as another Gulf South State that wasn’t able to approve Medicaid Expansion - and it leaves tens of thousands of people in the “coverage gap”.Plus, a murder mystery nearly 140 years in the making, involving a prohibitionist pastor and the owner of a local prison. That's ahead in this week's history is lunch.

A recently passed bill could prevent transgender Mississippians from using public bathrooms and changing spaces in public schools, universities and prisons.Then, we continue our conversation with Mississippi's State Health Officer about the important medical issues facing the state.Plus, it's Hurricane Preparedness Week. What you need to know if evacuation orders are issued this summer.

Mississippi lawmakers have concluded the 2024 legislative session, and plans are already being outlined for next year. Then, we speak with Mississippi's leading doctor about the most pressing issues the state is currently facing. Plus, a new documentary looks at efforts to preserve the oral histories of the Mississippi Delta.

This year's legislative plans to expand Medicaid have died in Mississippi.Then, NPR’s Tiny Desk has a new series host and producer-- Bobby Carter – Who got his start in radio at Jackson State University.Plus, a new billboard campaign seeks to de-stigmatize HIV.

After months of debate, plans for expanding Medicaid in Mississippi may have ended for this legislative session.Then, language barriers can prevent many people from voting. A new initiative seeks to bridge that gap.Plus, a new study by the University of Mississippi and Harvard has found a connection between bad cholesterol and Alzheimer's Disease.

The future of Medicaid expansion is on the line at the state legislature today.From the Gulf States Newsroom, an abortion ban in Florida is set to go into effect today, severely limiting access for many across the South.Plus, what's the story behind the oldest standing structure in Mississippi? The answer in this week's History is Lunch.