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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
July 14, 2020

Trump Administration Invests More Than $16 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Mississippi

CARES Act ReConnect Funding to Connect 878 Rural Households to HighSpeed Broadband The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $16 million to provide broadband service in unserved and underserved rural areas in Mississippi. This investment is part of the $100 million in grant funding made…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 14, 2020

$1.95 Million in Grant Funding Awarded to Increase College Completion among Mississippi Students

Students attending six Mississippi public universities will benefit from a five-year, multi-million dollar commitment from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) to support college retention, persistence, and completion through the Improving Mississippi’s Persistence and Completion Together (IMPACT) initiative. WHEF is an endowed Mississippi non-profit organization that has focused its efforts on promoting increased postsecondary access…