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Lawmakers pass much of a $7.4B budget Sunday night, plan to end 2026 session this week
House and Senate leaders told reporters that state spending is growing this year primarily because they’re giving teachers a $2,000 pay raise and pumping more money into the state’s Medicaid program.
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6mState sets dates to retire temporary xAI turbines but allows some to go past original deadline
State environmental officials and xAI have agreed to a schedule to retire the 69 temporary gas generators at the company's Southaven facility.
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3mFitch: Mississippi is forming task force to help Trump's 'war on fraud'
This is part of a "war on fraud" that President Donald Trump announced earlier this year, which included the creation of a new anti-fraud division in the DOJ and a "fraud czar" position that the administration at one point said would be run out of the White House.
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9mMoney does grow on (family) tree, as daughter explains how her father lived vastly different life than racist grandfather, Gov. Vardaman
Writer honors her father, Jim Money Vardaman, the grandson of a racist governor. Her father was a war hero, forestry science pioneer and visionary birdwatcher.
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7mMississippi students can get federal financial aid for workforce training programs — but the options are limited
Mississippi students can now qualify for thousands in federal financial aid to help cover short-term workforce training program costs. At first, though, they'll have limited options.
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2mMaryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks to campaign with Scott Colom in Jackson
Alsobrooks, who was first elected in 2024, will participate in a maternal health panel discussion with Colom on Saturday morning in downtown Jackson.