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News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
October 14, 2021

Hyde-Smith announces $10.9 million in USDA funds for water & wastewater upgrades in rural Mississippi

DeSoto, Grenada, Perry and Pike Counties receive USDA Rural Development Loan/Grant Awards for projects.  Today, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the approval of $10.9 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding to improve water and wastewater systems for four rural Mississippi communities. Projects in DeSoto, Grenada, Perry, and Pike counties will benefit from…
News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
October 14, 2021

Mississippi Dept. of Education seeks 12.56% budget increase as student population declines over 5%

MDE is requesting $3 billion for FY 2023 from state lawmakers.  As Mississippi lawmakers begin to craft the next fiscal year’s state budget, members of the Joint Legislative Budget committee heard from representatives of nearly a dozen agencies in September. Agency representatives presented what they project their budget needs will be for FY 2023, as…