Mississippi

JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour, on behalf of the State of Mississippi, has joined other states in opposing an EPA finding that is a precursor to the regulation of greenhouse gases.

Mississippi has joined several other states in filing a challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that greenhouse gases are great enough to threaten public health and should face restrictions.

Gov. Haley Barbour says Mississippi is among 11 states challenging EPA finding that greenhouse gases are great enough to threaten public health and should face restrictions.

Mississippi’s number one industry continues to be agriculture, though less than two percent of the United States population is now engaged in agriculture production.

Goodnight, John-Boy: Driven partly by job losses, more multigenerational families are choosing to live together as "boomerang kids" flock home and people help care for grandchildren or aging parents. About 6.6 million U.S. households in 2009 had at leas