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Head Start helps Mississippi kids. A new Trump budget might strip all funds. What to know
A budget reportedly being considered by President Trump could strip all Head Start funding. The early education program helps ...
Head Start cut would put Mississippi's new status as early education national leader at risk
During Friday's event, when asked how Head Start's elimination would affect Mississippi in particular, NIEER Senior Director ...
USA Today9d
Mississippi: Republicans are failing you. Here is how
The article points to the failure of Republicans to pass a state budget during the regular legislative session as evidence of their incompetence. Frustration and alarm. That was the mood at a recent ...
Biloxi Sun Herald4d
Bobby Harrison: So what happens if Mississippi lawmakers don’t pass a budget?
An official opinion of the office of Attorney General Jim Hood issued in 2009 said if there is no budget passed by the Legislature, those services mandated in the Mississippi Constitution ...
‘It’s just devastating’: Dozens of local students now without scholarships due to federal budget cuts
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Sweeping federal cuts are impacting dozens of students here in the Capital City. For some students at ...
The Indianapolis Star7d
Head Start helps Mississippi kids. A new Trump budget might strip all funds. What to know
The Trump administration's proposed 2026 budget could eliminate Head Start funding, impacting 800,000 children nationwide. In Mississippi, Head Start serves 25,000 children and 238 pregnant mothers.