Special Needs School Vouchers

Parents of some special needs students in Mississippi will soon have a new way to financially support their child's education. The Equal Opportunity for Students With Special Needs Act, passed by lawmakers earlier this year, will go into effect July 1st. The law will give the parents of nearly five hundred special needs students in Mississippi almost $6,500 in state money for private school tuition, tutoring or other services outside public schools. Gretchen Cagle oversees Special Needs Education for the state. She spoke with MPB's Paul Boger about the vouchers.

Flood Insurance On The Coast

Flood insurance continues to be a thorn in the side of the real estate market in coastal Mississippi and much of the challenge now is the complexity of the often-changing federal flood insurance program. Lisa Sharrard Jones is with Coastal Flood Solutions, an insurance company. She spoke with MPB's Evelina Burnett about the flood insurance laws and how they affect Coast home owners and business owners.

Book Club

Harper Lee published her only novel -- To Kill A Mockingbird -- in 1960. Journalist Marja Miller moved in next door to Harper Lee and her sister -- Alice -- in Monroeville, Alabama, in 2004. She lived there for eighteen months, sharing food, conversation and life with the Lee sisters. Her memoir -- The Mockingbird Next Door -- chronicles her friendship with the Lees. She speaks with us about life with the Lees on today's book club.