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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
August 12, 2021

Congressman Thompson announces nearly $440 million in pandemic funding for HBCUs

Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds (HEERF) and other COVID-19 funding announced for HBCUs in the Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District.  Mississippi is home to six Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, including: Alcorn State, Coahoma Community College, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, Rust College, and Tougaloo College. Congressman Bennie Thompson recently announced millions…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
August 12, 2021

Lawmakers set hearings to discuss potential elimination of Mississippi’s income tax

Two days of hearings set for August 25 and 26th.  Legislative hearings on Mississippi’s income tax will soon begin before a joint select committee of eight Senators and eight House members. These hearings are in response to both Governor Tate Reeves’ call to phase out the income tax without tax swaps and House Speaker Philip…