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Irma Louise Amason, 87 of Mendenhall, Mississippi
Magee News - Mississippi
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August 27, 2025
Please note that this post contains affiliate links and any sales made through such links will reward MageeNews.com a small commission – at no extra cost to you. Irma Louise Amason, 87 of Mendenhall, MS went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, August...
Co-Lin Simpson Center Celebrates 20 Years of Educational Excellence
Magee News - Mississippi
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August 27, 2025
Please note that this post contains affiliate links and any sales made through such links will reward MageeNews.com a small commission – at no extra cost to you. Hidden like a diamond off Highway 49 near Simpson County Lake, the Copiah-Lincoln...
Steve Marshall urges U.S. Supreme Court to strike down ‘secret gender transition’ policies in schools
Yellowhammer News - Alabama
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August 27, 2025
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is once again standing with the rights of parents to be able to protect their children from radical transgender ideology being spread in some public schools. Marshall, who is also a candidate for U.S....
How California Entrepreneurs Can Benefit from Mississippi State University’s Bricks-to-Clicks® Program
California Business Journal
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August 27, 2025
California is a national hub for innovation and entrepreneurship. While Silicon Valley is well-known, thousands of startups launch here every year and must bridge the gap between physical and digital marketplaces. Bricks-to-Clicks®, an...
Mississippi’s Most Popular Poker Players
The Clinton Courier - Mississippi
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August 26, 2025
Gambling holds a deeply entrenched place in Mississippi’s identity. The state is renowned for its riverboat casinos along the Mississippi River and its vibrant gaming corridor on the Gulf Coast, particularly in cities like Biloxi and Gulfport....
Texas in 2025 resembles Mississippi in 1963. What happened?
LGBTQ Nation - California
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August 27, 2025
Once known, even branded, for its dynamism and progress, Texas has entered into a spiral of animus and legislative contempt toward LGBTQ+ Texans reminiscent of Mississippi in the Sixties, in its final throws of opposition to integration and civil...
Education Brief: Local students among MSU’s Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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August 26, 2025
By Mississippi State University • 31 minutes ago • 1 min to read STARKVILLE – Thirty-four Mississippi State University students are new scholarship recipients in one of the state’s most prestigious teacher education programs. Local recipients...
Education: Carey Beth goes to Washington: SHS senior selected for summer youth leaders program
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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August 26, 2025
When you ask Starkville High School senior Carey Beth Honnoll what she did this summer, it’s not the typical beach trips and laying beside the pool. There’s some of that, for sure, but this Yellow Jacket’s summer highlights include sitting on the...
Governors, industry and education leaders announce tri-state manufacturing partnership
The Meridian Star - Mississippi
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August 27, 2025
Published 10:51 am Wednesday, August 27, 2025 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Area governors, power company executives and university presidents recently established the Mississippi-Alabama-Georgia Network for Evolving Transportation, or MAGNET for short — a...
U.S. Health and Human Services agency orders states to strip gender from sex ed
Bethesda Magazine - Maryland
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August 27, 2025
President Donald Trump’s administration demanded Tuesday that dozens of states remove from sex education materials any references to a person’s gender departing from their sex assigned at birth, or lose federal funding. The U.S. Department of...
OLCF Expands HPC Education with Oak Ridge Computing Academy
HPCwire
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August 27, 2025
Building on a successful pilot with students from this summer’s Pathways to Computing Internship Program, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory will launch a new training program to...
Steve Marshall urges SCOTUS to hear student gender identity case
Alabama Political Reporter
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August 27, 2025
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has joined a multi-state push for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a case examining whether school districts must notify parents regarding changes in their student’s gender identity. The amicus brief, signed...
Cristo Rey teacher honored for commitment to Catholic education
Texas Catholic
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August 27, 2025
By Michael Gresham The Texas Catholic There is not one day — even the hardest day — where it is not clear to Emily Lazor-Rodgers that what she is doing is important. “As a teacher, it’s going to be difficult at times, but the relationships we have...
‘Down but not out’: The punk zine that helped keep New Orleans’ culture afloat after Katrina
WWNO - Louisiana
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August 27, 2025
Editor’s Note: The Gulf States Newsroom’s Drew Hawkins contributes to Antigravity as a freelancer. This story was written and edited independently of anyone at Antigravity. “I will say this: the power of the press is large and far-reaching.” Leo...
The Land of the Mighty Mississippi
The Travel Magazine
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August 27, 2025
1 The Muddy, the Mighty, call it what you will, but the Mississippi River found fame by many a song, film and book. From Gone with the Wind and Mississippi Burning to Tina Turner’s Proud Mary and Johnny Cash’s Big River to the inspired literary...
Mississippi sounds alarm: Infant mortality hits 10-year high
Consumer Affairs
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August 25, 2025
Mississippi’s infant mortality rate climbed to 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024 — the highest in over ten years. A public health emergency has been declared to mobilize resources, care, and attention for at-risk infants and families. Since...
Mississippi lawmakers discuss school choice bill
WJTV - Mississippi
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August 26, 2025
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Mississippi lawmakers are deciding whether to draft a school choice bill. Members of the House gathered at the State Capitol on August 25, 2025. Those in the gallery listed to the House Select Committee on Education Freedom...
Mississippi’s Broken Age Verification Law Forces Bluesky To Block All State Users
Techdirt
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August 25, 2025
from the the-fracturing-of-the-internet-through-bad-laws dept Full disclosure: I am on the Bluesky board. Bluesky made a major statement last week when it announced that it would be geoblocking Mississippi IP addresses from accessing its...
25 Things I Still Have to Do in Mississippi in 2025
Only In Your State
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Mississippi has already been unforgettable in 2025, packed with incredible adventures, gorgeous views, and some of the best Southern food around. From the hills of the north to the lively Gulf Coast, there’s a little something for everyone here,...
Mississippi Declares Public Health Emergency as Infant Mortality Hits Highest Level in Over a Decade
[your]NEWS
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August 25, 2025
The state’s rate climbed to 9.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024, far above the national average. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Mississippi officials declared a public health emergency after newly released figures showed the state’s infant...