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September 12, 2016

Mississippi university enrollment up, community college down

Mississippi college enrollment numbers released Enrollment for the fall semester rose strongly at Mississippi’s eight public universities, but fell for the sixth straight year at the state’s 15 community colleges. Preliminary counts released Friday show students rose 2.5 percent at universities, hitting a new record, and fell 0.9 percent at community colleges. WTOK 9/10/16
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 12, 2016

Credit rating agencies to visit Mississippi this month

Bond rating firms to visit state Representatives of the nation’s three major credit ratings agencies will be in Jackson later this month to begin grading the credit strength of the state’s approximately $562 million general obligation bond for fiscal 2016-2017. The visit comes after Fitch Ratings Service recently downgraded the state’s current general obligation and…