Cari Gervin

September is Campus Fire Safety Month. While officials are promoting fire safety at all schools, the target audience is college students. MPB’s Cari Gervin has more.

Last week’s budget cuts to the state’s community colleges are hitting some schools harder than others, even as enrollment continues to soar. MPB’s Cari Gervin reports.

So far, Mississippi has received almost $25 million in stimulus funds for weatherization. As MPB’s Cari Gervin discovered, the projects are finally getting going, house by house by house.

The Safe Routes to School program encourages kids to walk and bike to school in the hopes that a physical commute will cut down on childhood obesity. But most Mississippi roads aren’t exactly bike-friendly. So advocates are hoping the tragic death of a Tupelo teen cyclist will spur legislative reforms to make the roads safer. In today’s health news, MPB’s Cari Gervin reports.

Hundreds of Mississippians are taking advantage of the new GI bill to pay for college this fall. MPB’s Cari Gervin has more.

Funding cuts may lead to layoffs at North Mississippi Rural Legal Services, even though the recession has more people seeking low-cost legal aid. MPB’s Cari Gervin has more.

Less than half of Mississippians drink alcohol on a regular basis. But that 40 percent of the population says their economic impact is so big, there shouldn’t be nearly as many restrictions on when they choose to do it. MPB’s Cari Gervin takes a look at the battle brewing over Sunday alcohol sales in Starkville.

Feisty town hall meetings about health care reform are making national news. But as MPB’s Cari Gervin found out, most people’s thoughts about changes to health insurance are a little more balanced, but just as confused.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, 20 percent of Mississippians lack health insurance. But the state’s Congressional delegation is far from sold on the idea of federal health care reform. MPB’s Cari Gervin has more.