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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 22, 2022

MDOT looks closer at Fannye Cook Natural Area in Rankin County

MDOT officials made a visit to the area which is being created as the largest urban natural area in the state. On Thursday, November 10, staff from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT), were given a tour of the Fannye Cook Natural Area/Pearl River Basin Mitigation Bank in Rankin…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 22, 2022

Hearing presents possible solutions to financial crisis in Mississippi hospitals

State Health Officer estimates that 38 out of Mississippi’s 111 hospitals are at risk of closing in the near term. On Tuesday, the Mississippi Senate held a Public Health and Welfare Committee meeting with the goal of looking into possible solutions to address the financial crisis being felt by hospitals in the state. The meeting…