Elise Gregg

I pray that you were God.

Governor Tate Reeves held a press conference on Wednesday to share updated storm numbers.

Mississippi Highway Patrol is closing parts of I-55 north from Batesville to Senatobia overnight, as well as all of I-22 from Red Banks to the Tennessee state line to help clear out ice up north.

For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Jackson, Mississippi.

For Joyce Robinson, a veteran and civilian employee with the National Guard, staying busy while she's away from her job isn't an option.

She's been volunteering with Mississippi Food Network, which has helped support those who haven't received SNAP benefits this month.

For NPR News, I'm Elise Gregg in Jackson.

You also do have to bring in talent.

We have plenty of talented people here.

No, you don't.

We don't have talented people here.

No, you don't have certain talents and people have to learn.

You can't take people off an unemployment line and say, I'm going to put you into a factory, we're going to make missiles.