July 2009

Mississippi officials use the Neshoba County Fair as an opportunity to blast federal legislation on health care and the environment. MPB's Lawayne Childrey.

What do cigarette smoking and lung cancer have in common? A lot. MPB’s Karen Brown spoke with Dr. Ralph Vance, a Professor of Medicine in the division of Medical Oncology at the University of Mississippi’s School of Medicine.

Balancing the state budget and the accountability of stimulus funds are hot topics for this year’s Neshoba County Fair Political Speeches. MPB's Lawayne Childrey reports

As families struggle with expenses, some school districts are trying to help out by trimming the list of required school supplies. MPB’s Cari Gervin has more.

Everyone agrees that the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 will have a big impact on farmers. But whether the pending legislation will help or hurt is up for debate. MPB’s Cari Gervin reports.

As family budgets get tighter in Mississippi, more people are cutting out a big expense – the family pet. And as MPB’s Cari Gervin discovered, local animal shelters are struggling to handle the intake.

Any discussion about Mississippi’s great visual artists must include the late Walter Anderson. But that wasn’t always the case. A painter, writer, poet, and naturalist, Anderson’s art and ideas were before his time. But as MPB arts reporter Ron Brown tells us, the rest of the world is catching up.

It withstood the wrath of Hurricane Katrina and has become a symbol of strength for those in Mississippi and now the Biloxi lighthouse holds an honored place on a United States Stamp. MPB’s Phoebe Judge reports.

With just weeks to go until the start of a new school year, being up-to-date on immunizations should be top of mind. MPB’s Karen Brown spoke with University of Mississippi Medical Center Pediatrician, Dr. William Sorey, about who needs to be vaccinated and against what. The first question: Do students heading off to college need any vaccinations?