Mississippi Public Broadcasting

2 days ago | mpbonline.org | Stephan Bisaha

American’s love big cars — at least until gas prices go up. That was certainly the case at the end of the ‘70s, when oil prices shot up about a dozen times higher than it was at the decade’s start due to an energy crisis. Consumers flocked away from gas guzzling American models and turned to fuel-efficient Japanese cars from companies like Toyota, which was shipping its cars from overseas. “They’re not pretty. They are not fast. They’re not going to get you a girlfriend,” Jacobs said.

1 week ago | mpbonline.org | Danny McArthur

After a series of flooding events from late 2023 to early 2024, residents decided to go to the New Orleans City Council to ask them to look into what was causing the issue in the neighborhood. They also sent information to the Department of Justice, asking them to investigate the area. In the meantime, Treme residents are getting creative with how to address urban flooding themselves. Austin points to the rain garden outside of her office.

1 week ago | mpbonline.org | Will Stribling

The unanimous ruling gives the state Board of Election Commissioners seven days to propose an alternative plan, complicating efforts to hold special elections for the redrawn districts in November. The panel, whose members include U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Leslie Southwick, U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan and U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden, ruled last year that the maps adopted through redistricting in 2022 diluted Black voting power in several regions of the state.

1 week ago | mpbonline.org | Will Stribling

Economic issues were the main focus of the questions asked during the Thursday night forum hosted by civic organization Working Together Jackson. Bear Atwood is one of the undecided voters who attended the event, and she says increasing economic development in Jackson is her top issue in deciding who to support in the mayor's race. “If we don’t have economic development, then we don’t have success,” Atwood said. … “I don't think a mayor can do it alone.

2 weeks ago | mpbonline.org | Will Stribling

A memorial site on the association’s Ridgeland campus is made up of reclaimed bricks from Jim Crow era African American hospitals across the state. The plaza was built to preserve the history of hospitals that served Black Mississippians when healthcare facilities were segregated, and a new historical marker for the site was unveiled on Thursday. “The day's gonna come when none of us are gonna be here, but you know what's gonna be here?