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After two years without updates, the state's most comprehensive database has a fresh line of funding and is managed under new leadership. State officials plan to use the data to target the most in-demand jobs in efforts to grow Mississippi's workforce.

State leaders fund Mississippi’s controversial database after two years
By Sara DiNatale - Mississippi Today, 58 Reads
Fri, 09/17/2021 - 12:12 PM
For years, nearly a dozen state government agencies have sent data about the state’s citizens to a research center at Mississippi State University, purportedly to help policymakers make better decisions.
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Lawmakers find teacher pay isn’t the only issue in the shortage nationwide
By Sarah Ulmer, Y'all Politics, 123 Reads
Fri, 09/17/2021 - 11:36 AM
The Senate Education Committee held a hearing on Wednesday to hear from experts across the board on the reality of a teacher pay raise in Mississippi.
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MVSU student Corterrius "DaCakeGoat" Allen will be competing in "Halloween Wars" on Food Network this Sunday.

MVSU student to compete on Food Network's 'Halloween Wars' this Sunday
By Donell Maxie, 133 Reads
Fri, 09/17/2021 - 11:02 AM
ITTA BENA — Corterrius “DaCakeGoat” Allen started his journey and love of making and designing cakes with a $35 baking kit and two cupcake pans that his mom, Jacquelyn Allen, purchased.
He made his first cake for a friend, and while he says, "the cake was ugly," his friend loved it and told him, “It was delicious.”
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Mississippi Ranks 35th in the Nation for K-12 Achievement in Quality Counts National Report
By Press Release - Mississippi Department of Education, 116 Reads
Thu, 09/16/2021 - 03:12 PM
Below is a press release from the Mississippi Department of Education:
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