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The updated funding model aims to ensure that base level funding is sufficient while implementing performance metrics at Mississippi’s eight public universities.
Development of a new funding model for Mississippi’s eight public universities continues as the June deadline approaches for the third-party contractor to present options that include performance metrics.
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning have contracted with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to develop the new funding model.
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Following his gubernatorial campaign announcement, Gunn talked openly about his time as Speaker, what separates him from a potentially crowded field, and the next steps he sees in continuing to strengthen Mississippi through conservative policymaking.
It has been 80 years since a former Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives became Governor. Philip Gunn is trying to change that.
In fact, if there was a theme to Gunn’s storied political career it may well be change.
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The U.S. Drought Monitor’s April 21 map shows nearly half of the state is currently at an extreme drought level, Agriculture Commissioner Andy Gipson said Thursday.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that 21 Mississippi counties had been designated as primary natural disaster areas due to recent drought conditions. Another 24 counties were listed among contiguous counties impacted by the disaster.
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From left, Adrion Ellis, Marterrius Kennedy and Tarrell Thompson Jr. have been charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photos submitted by Tutwiler Police Department)
TUTWILER — While a critically injured gunshot victim continues to fight for his life, three Clarksdale teens have been arrested in connection with his shooting and a fourth is being sought, according to Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson.
Adrion Ellis, 16, and Marterrius Kennedy, 18, both of 311 Jefferson St., Clarksdale, and Tarrell Thompson Jr., 17, of Clarksdale, were taken into custody Tuesday night, the chief said.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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House Speaker Jason White and State Senator Brice Wiggins wasted little time in directing legislative attorneys to prepare analysis on the ruling’s impact on state Supreme Court redistricting in Mississippi. Other items could be added to a special session call by Governor Tate Reeves.
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Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
The Supreme Court’s decision in Callais will likely have an immediate impact in an ongoing legal dispute over Mississippi’s Supreme Court districts and could have an outsized impact on other redistricting moving forward.
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The office will act as the hub for coordination of the state’s rural health transformation plan. Richard Grimes has been named the office’s project manager.
A new governmental office has been established in Mississippi under the Office of the Governor to oversee the state’s efforts to enact changes to rural health care.
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Once customers taste Solly’s Hot Tamales, they keep coming back for more.
It’s probably unlikely that when Solly’s Hot Tamales began in 1939, the original owner dreamed his tamales would still be popular 87 years later. Yet, today, the tamale stand is as popular as ever, selling tamales not only to Vicksburg residents but shipping them across the country. Once people get a taste of the hand-rolled tamales, there is simply no substitute.
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UMMC will use the funds to ensure those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have access to mental health care, especially in rural areas of Mississippi.
More than $13.4 million in federal funding is being allocated to the University of Mississippi Medical Center to bolster mental health programs in the state.
Governor Tate Reeves (R) announced the approval of the allocation by the Mississippi Development Authority on Thursday. The Community Development Block Grant funding is made possible under the CARES Act.
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Prior to its approval, concerns were voiced over the revised wording in the current management hierarchy with the State Superintendent and Board of Education.
After some debate, an updated charter concerning internal audits by the Mississippi Department of Education was approved by the State Board of Education on Wednesday.
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State Senator Dean Kirby has served in the Mississippi Senate since 1992. He will not seek a 10th term next year. State Rep. Lee Yancey, a former state senator, will run to succeed Kirby instead of seeking a statewide office.
Senate President Pro Tempore Dean Kirby (R) has announced that he will not be seeking re-election to the Mississippi Senate in 2027.
Kirby, who turns 80 this year, has served in the state Senate since 1992. He represents Senate District 30 and has been the chamber’s Pro Tem since 2020.
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The annual Hartley Bass Tournament is coming up Saturday, May 2, at the Hartley Farm. Everyone is invited to come and enjoy the fun, fellowship and fishing.
Tracy Pegram, Tray Pegram’s father, is scheduled to have open heart surgery Monday morning. Please add Tracy to your prayer list.
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The Enid Depot restaurant is located inside The Mitchell & McClendon General Merchants Building at Enid. (Photo special to The Sun-Sentinel)
Business Insider recently released its list of the “most iconic” steakhouses in each state, declaring The Enid Depot in Tallahatchie County as recipient of that honor in Mississippi, according to an April 22 story in The Clarion Ledger.
The list is based on customer reviews, local history, longevity and cultural significance.
“The Enid Depot is an out-of-the-box steakhouse set inside a historic train depot in the Mississippi Delta,” Business Insider said.
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel on
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Amid all the chaos the Trump administration currently has our nation in, you may have missed this breaking news: Another country will soon be added to those that have universal healthcare for all of it's citizens. That country is Mexico. Yes, you read that right, MEXICO. Full implementation will begin in January while Canada already has universal healthcare. So, as of January, here we will sit in AMERICA (the only developed country in the world without universal healthcare for ALL of it's citizens), between two countries that do have universal coverage.
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Saturday May 2
4-H Shooting Sports event slated
The annual 4-H Shooting Sports competition will be held Saturday, May 2, at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds near Charleston. The public is invited to come out and support Tallahatchie County 4-H youth as they compete in this district Shooting Sports event.
Camp Lakeside Day activities set
The annual Camp Lakeside Day, a fundraiser benefitting Camp Lakeside, will be held Saturday, May 2, beginning at noon.
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Amazon has just announced another multi-billion-dollar data center project in Mississippi — the latest in a flood of inward investment now pouring into our state.
But here’s the thing worth reflecting on: even AI-related investments on this scale are only a fraction of what is flowing into data centers and AI infrastructure across the country. What is happening in AI is not just another tech cycle. It is going to be absolutely massive — and genuinely transformative in ways that will touch every kind of institution.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
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The Mississippi Press Association, celebrating its 160th anniversary, held a forum highlighting local journalism last week at History Is Lunch in the Two Museums. MPA vice president Peter Imes, publisher of the Commercial Dispatch in Columbus, spoke of the vital role local journalism “plays at the grassroots level in our democracy” as he welcomed the panel.
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It is hard to escape the conclusion that in today’s world the 12 points of the Boy Scout law do not stand a chance: trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
Our president is a felon who cannot be trusted to keep his promise to avoid foreign wars, or to help anyone who does not first help him, or to obey any law that is inconvenient, or to avoid lacing Easter Sunday with obscenity.
But worship of him is but a symptom. It is not the disease. His eventual passing from the scene will not cure it.
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WEBB — West Tallahatchie High School athletes will compete in 14 events during the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 1A Track and Field State Championships Monday, May 4, at the Woody Barnett Track and Field Complex at Pearl High School.
The meet will feature both 1A and 3A athletes in separate competitions. Admission is $15 for an all-day pass. Gates open at 8 a.m., and the meet is scheduled to start at 10.
West Tally’s boys will compete in 10 events at state while the WTHS girls will do battle in four events.
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