11/14/2024: Statewide Economic Development | Medicaid Expansion | Grain Elevators

A major grant approval is injecting roughly 110 million dollars into Mississippi's economy to build infrastructure, job training, and conservation. Then, calls for Medicaid expansion are being renewed as state lawmakers prepare for the 2025 legislative session. Plus, Earlier this year, Cancer Alley activists in Louisiana celebrated a big victory: they stopped a major grain elevator project. But now, another community is trying to get another grain project stopped further down the Mississippi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.