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Marshall Ramsey: Goodbye
My friend Scott once gave me some excellent advice: “When something bad happens, take a day or two to be mad and then shake-it-off and get busy.” I hope Jackson State can take the momentum created by…
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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.
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9m43,000 fewer Mississippians are on SNAP after Congress and President Trump slashed funding
In April, 43,000 fewer Mississippians had access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program than nine months earlier. Mississippi’s decline of 12% in SNAP is slightly higher than the national average of 11%.