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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
April 24, 2025

All aboard: Amtrak announces start of ‘Mardi Gras Service’ running between New Orleans and Mobile

Starting this summer, the new passenger rail service will offer twice-daily departures from both cities with stops along the Mississippi Coast in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula.
News  |  Holly Ramer, Associated Press ,  Collin Binkley, Associated Press  • 
April 24, 2025

Judge blocks Trump push to cut funding to public schools over DEI programs

In February, the Education Department told schools and colleges they needed to end any practice that differentiates people based on their race or they were at risk of losing their federal funding.