Mississippians are reacting to the Pentagon’s latest proposal for defense spending cuts. As MPB’s Evelina Burnett reports, the military is a big piece of the Gulf Coast’s economy, so any cuts could have a ripple effect throughout the community.

Three suspects have been identified at the University of Mississippi in the incident involving the James Meredith statue on campus.

Democrats say the money would be impossible to track.

Many of their goals conflict with the Republican Majority

Supporters says 5 months is enough time for a woman to decide

Mississippians are reacting to new rules from the U.S. Department of Justice recognizing same-sex marriages in federal courtrooms, prisons and other parts of the justice system.

"We have actually done a needs assessment and found that there are many cancer patients who come to Jackson without the means to get a room. There are many of them who actually sleep in their cars or have to try find lodging with other guest or family members and what we want to do is alleviate that particular economic concern."

Coverage gap exists because the state did not expand Medicaid.

"As I kept on hitting my vision began to blur, my head began to throb and I knew something was wrong. At that very moment I went into a coma. My coma lasted for 18 days but to me it was as if I was in a coma for five months because I don’t remember five months of my life."