By Frank Corder, Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Farmer’s markets around the state are winding down as summer’s end nears. The heat and drought of summer have slowed production but the markets have been busier than ever due to the many food recalls in...
By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Extension Service Deer bring Mississippi hunters and farmers together in what is sometimes a complicated relationship. Jacob Dykes, wildlife specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service and co-director of the...
By Frank Corder, Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced Wednesday “a landmark” $17.1 billion multi-state settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. The settlement is one of the largest state consumer protection...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is encouraging all education stakeholders to recognize September as Attendance Awareness Month and to understand key points of the state’s updated Mississippi Compulsory School Attendance Law (SB 2103), which became...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune New cut scores for the fifth grade math assessment and an updated excused absence policy were adopted by the Mississippi State Board of Education during a meeting last week. Establishment of the new cut scores and...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association and the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation are pushing back on President Donald Trump’s plan to allow 300,000 metric tons of government-subsidized ground beef into the U.S. supply...
