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October 5, 2017

Funds for loaning textbooks to private schools see drop at Dept of Ed

Mississippi had spent up to $600,000 on private school textbooks. Now that’s changing. Citing budget cuts, the Mississippi Department of Education is scaling back the use of state funds to pay for loaning textbooks to some private schools, including treatment facilities and religious schools. The MDE allocated $396,647 for the program for the 2018 fiscal…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 5, 2017

#mstop50 in the news: Tupelo mayor, Oxford mayor make the list

Local leaders included in list of top 50 most influential in state JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) – Several local people have been included in a list naming Mississippi’s most influential people. The Mississippi Top 50 Award was created “to recognize those that help, by virtue of their position and talent, move the conversation in Mississippi forward.”……