This is a specific focus of a weekly MBJ edition.
There are a multitude of opinions on the issue that cover a multitude of subjects By NASH NUNNERY I STAFF WRITER nash.nunnery@msbusiness.com From spirited and often-contentious town hall meetings to water cooler conversations at work, the debate over healthcare reform rages on across the nation. Lawmakers have heard arguments on both sides regarding President Barack [...] [...]
Mississippi ranks No. 27 in auto insurance premiums How much you pay for automobile insurance depends on your ZIP code. Whether you move from the suburbs to the city, from one side of town to the other or even a few blocks away, the relationship between your ZIP code and your auto insurance premium has [...] [...]
To say the state’s relationship with America’s largest insurer has been rocky would be an understatement By NASH NUNNERY I STAFF WRITER nash.nunnery@msbusiness.com To say the relationship between Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has been rocky since Hurricane Katrina might be an understatement. For the [...] [...]

Study finds that reform could bring crushing demand for healthcare Healthcare reform would bring an immediate, crushing demand for care in Mississippi, and it could take the largely rural Magnolia State a decade to produce enough care providers to meet patients’ needs. That is the finding of a recently-released report from Northeast Mississippi Health Education [...] [...]