By Christine Vestal, Stateline Staff Writer
In rural Winston County, Mississippi, Taylor Machine Works — best known for its Big Red forklifts — is the primary employer. After the recession hit in late 2008, the company shed nearly 200 of its 500 jobs and would not be rehiring anyone now if it weren’t for a subsidized employment program Mississippi launched with the help of federal stimulus money.
 

By John Gramlich, Stateline Staff Writer
States are anxiously watching Congress wrangle over a series of measures they are counting on to help pay for health care, education and unemployment benefits for millions of their residents. But the federal government’s well-documented financial problems — and the growing attention paid to them on the campaign trail — are threatening those measures. Critics say the government can’t afford them.
 

President Barack Obama and the First Lady, Michelle, today took time out to honor civil rights icon Dorothy I. Height, who died at the age of 98.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has launched  a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign designed to raise awareness of mental health problems among young adults in the African American community.

SAMSHA is working with the Ad Council and the Stay Strong Foundation.