State legislative sessions are well underway in both Mississippi and Alabama. In Mississippi, education has been a major subject of multiple bills that have passed the House, while in Alabama, immigration and social media are dominating much of the conversation.
The Mississippi Free Press’ Heather Harrison and AL.com’s Mike Cason join us to break down the sessions.
Good fiction is often not too far removed from reality. Or at least that’s the case for New Orleans author Delaney Nolan. She’s also an investigative journalist, covering topics like heat death, pharmaceutical exploitation and coastal land loss, so she spent years reporting on the very systems of neglect and bureaucratic cruelty that drive her fiction.
Nolan’s first novel, “Happy Bad,” just came out. The Gulf States Newsroom’s Drew Hawkins sat down with Nolan to discuss the book and how her journalism informs her fiction.
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