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Lawmakers are debating financial literacy requirements at Mississippi colleges and universities as the session winds down.
As the Legislature is considering a bill that would mandate all post-secondary institutions in the state provide some sort of financial literacy education, the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning has adopted a policy to that effect.
The new financial literacy policy was adopted as part of the discussion of academic affairs during Thursday’s meeting.
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1. Ole Miss to launch Center on Collegiate Gambling
The University of Mississippi announced its new Center on Collegiate Gambling on Monday.
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Below is a press release from PowerOutage.us:
Below you will find stats and insights on our post-event analysis of Winter Storm Fern, from our resident meteorologist, Jay Shafer. You can view the full report at https://poweroutage.us/research/winter-storm-fern-analysis.
Key Stats:
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Obituary: Frances Helen Turnage
Frances Helen Turnage, age 75, of Decatur, Alabama, passed away on March 19, 2026. Born November 17, 1950, in Denver, Colorado. A Celebration of Life Service will begin Thursday, March 26, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church in Decatur Alabama, with Austin Dupper officiating. There will be a Celebration Of Life Service in Kosciusko Mississippi on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. She will be laid to rest at Parkway Cemetery, Kosciusko, Mississippi.
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“Matching” students reminisce about caring doctors who shaped their career paths
JACKSON, Miss. – Deshauntra Green-Johnson and Alex Michelletti both took the scenic roads out of rural Mississippi to earn their white coats in recent years. Both, however, plan to hop on those same routes to the same small towns to start their careers helping build healthy communities.
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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
People all over the world flocked to Jackson to learn effective ministry from him and his organizations.
John Perkins was sui generis. Incomparable. Unique. One of a kind.
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Robert St. John says his restaurant business and travel business aren’t two businesses. They’re the same business. It’s all hospitality.
There’s a moment — right before the northern lights appear — when the sky looks like it’s deciding whether, or not, to show you something. Then it does, and you understand why you traveled 4,000 miles. Twenty-five Americans stood beside me in the snow. Nobody spoke. The northern lights don’t require commentary.
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“Election day means election day, not election week, not election month, not election season,” Mississippi Republican Party chairman and RNC General Counsel Mike Hurst contends.
The Republican National Committee and the Mississippi Republican Party will make their case before the U.S. Supreme Court Monday morning in the lawsuit filed to overturn a COVID-era state law that allowed for ballots to be received and counted up to five days after an election.
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for saleFire Pit And Metal Wood Storage Barrel - wood Included $50 OR Best offer. Please call 662-770-0390for saleFOR SALE - 39774 HIGHWAY 14 W, MCCOOL, MS. 39108 BRICK HOME WITH 40 ACRES. Price: $249,900 Single Family home built in 1985 approximately 1621sq ft 3 bedroom 2 bath sold “AS IS” Country living with Highway Frontage and Endless Potential! Located approximately halfway between Louisville and Kosciusko All electric with Central Heat and Air.
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Gov. Reeves to participate in ribbon cutting for new Hunter Engineering Durant plant expansion
New addition to provide 60,000 SF for increased capacity
ST. LOUIS – Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves will visit the Hunter Engineering manufacturing plant in Durant Tuesday, March 24, to officially open the company’s recently completed 60,000-SF addition.
The ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m.
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MSU Extension hosts
forest regeneration workshop
By Nathan Gregory
MSU Extension Service
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Landowners, foresters and loggers interested in cost-effective reforestation strategies are invited to attend a Natural Forest Regeneration Workshop in Noxubee County.
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Mississippi Entrepreneurship Forum to Convene at Insight Park
Annual statewide higher education gathering will be April 9-10 at Ole Miss
OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi will host the 2026 Mississippi Entrepreneurship Forum on April 9-10, bringing together leaders from public and private institutions of higher education across Mississippi to share campus-based entrepreneurship efforts.
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Bark beetles threaten
ice-damaged timber
By Susan Collins-Smith
MSU Extension Service
RAYMOND, Miss. -- Mississippi State University Extension Service forestry specialists are encouraging timberland owners to keep a watchful eye on their property for signs of bark beetles and disease after January’s ice storm.
Of Mississippi’s five species of bark beetles, the three species of Ips engraver beetles and southern pine beetles, or SPB, raise the most concern. Black turpentine beetles are not as common or as deadly and are of least concern.
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Register by March 31
for watermelon event
By Bonnie Coblentz
MSU Extension Service
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- March seems early to think about watermelons, but now is the time to register for a summer field day that provides extensive information on growing these juicy treats.
Mississippi State University’s 2026 Watermelon Field Day is set for July 22 at the R.R. Foil Plant Science Research Center, commonly known as North Farm. Registration is free through March 31 and will cost $50 per person starting April 1.
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Good gardening
By Felder Rushing
Native may be the new buzzword for choosing landscape plants, but it often gets in the way of good gardening.
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Story Fest brings Hollywood stories, author and music to Mississippi College
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MALTB Recovers Stolen Cattle and Agricultural Equipment
This week, the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) successfully recovered beef cattle and a trailer stolen from a farm in Claiborne County.
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The Mississippi Department of Education developed the updated plan after gathering input through a survey and focus group interviews with approximately 100 Mississippians last fall.
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From lowering the years of service to setting aside funds for a COLA for the new Tier 5, the Mississippi Senate continues the push for its preferred PERS changes.
The Mississippi Senate passed a strike-all amendment earlier this week to a House bill in an effort to revive its reforms to the Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS.
The Senate amendment places language from its six bills that have died this session into a House bill as the chamber again seeks to address changes in PERS.
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