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InsureThink How NOAA and FEMA cuts will reshape the P&C insurance industry
Digital Insurance
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July 28, 2025
Every day, property and casualty (P&C) insurers make thousands of decisions relating to wildfire exposure, coastal risk and flood-prone zones. What's often overlooked is the common foundation these decisions rely on: publicly funded data and...
Ontario Federation of Agriculture tackles concerns over BESS developments
Seaway News
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July 28, 2025
KIM BURTON-SCHRAM LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER Construction is progressing well on the North Glengarry battery energy storage system (BESS) next to Highway 417 on Skye Road, just north of the village of Dunvegan. The sunny summer...
MLB trade deadline 2025: Ranking prospects who changed teams
6 ABC Action News
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July 28, 2025
MLB trade season has passed with contenders adding to their rosters for the stretch run ahead and rebuilding teams stockpiling young players with an eye to the future before Thursday's MLB trade deadlinestruck. By now, you can probably form your...
America’s Economic Engines: The Biggest Industry in Every State
Visual Capitalist
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July 28, 2025
The Biggest Industry in Every State, Mapped Key Takeaways Real estate is the biggest industry in 26 states, including most coastal states. Manufacturing accounts for the largest share of GDP in 13 states, concentrated in the Midwest and the South....
Tampa’s next theater season – coming to a stage near you
St. Pete Catalyst - Florida
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August 2, 2025
Part 2 of 2. The Tampa Bay area’s professional theater companies are enjoying their brief summer breaks before roaring back to life in the fall. Here’s an advance look at what the 2025/26 season has in store; tickets (subscription and, in most...
ACES receives Mississippi Arts Commission grant
The Meridian Star - Mississippi
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July 28, 2025
Published 11:05 am Monday, July 28, 2025 The Arts & Community Events Society of Meridian has been awarded a $3,500 Arts-Based Community Development grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission as part of the more than $1.7 million in grants MAC...
Can a Mississippi newspaperman prevail over Google?
The Meridian Star - Mississippi
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July 27, 2025
Published 2:29 am Sunday, July 27, 2025 Federal District Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington, D.C., will soon decide if Mississippi’s Wyatt Emmerich will be a potential St. George about to slay the Google dragon or just a modern Don Quixote...
Entergy CEO Highlights Company’s Role in Boosting Economic Growth in the Gulf South
Yahoo Finance
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Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) is among the 13 Best Electrical Infrastructure Stocks to Invest In. At Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR)’s 76th annual meeting, CEO Drew Marsh stressed the company’s role in driving economic growth and promoting...
Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 25, 2025
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at July 25, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from July 25 drawing 03-06-13-19-34 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...
The top five House Republicans and Democrats who requested the most fiscal 2026 earmark dollars
Washington Examiner
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August 2, 2025
House lawmakers have requested billions of dollars for special community funding projects, or earmarks, whose approval hinges on Congress’s ability to pass all 12 appropriations bills by the end of September.So far, the House has passed two...
How This Billionaire Family Is Succeeding Despite The Collapse Of The American Shipping Industry
Forbes
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Thomas Crowley Jr., the third generation to run Crowley Maritime, has figured out how to navigate the U.S.’ protectionist laws. The tanker American Energy is 900 feet long with a black hull; its bridge reaches the height of a ten-story building....
Mississippi State University Partners with Amazon Web Services to Launch AI initiative
Mississippi State University
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July 25, 2025
A new partnership between Mississippi State, Amazon Web Services and Ad5 utilizing cutting-edge artificial intelligence will help the Magnolia State’s leading land-grant institution enhance engagement with prospective students, alumni, and...
Mississippi bureau recovers $288K in stolen agricultural property
Magnolia State News - Mississippi
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July 25, 2025
Andy Gipson Commissioner of Agriculture & Commerce | Mississippi Department of Agriculture and CommerceAndy Gipson Commissioner of Agriculture & Commerce | Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce The Mississippi Agriculture and...
Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 24, 2025
Hattiesburg American - Mississippi
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The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at July 24, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from July 24 drawing 15-17-27-29-35 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...
World/nation trivia: The week of Aug. 3-9
Southeast Missourian
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Aug. 3: 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on his first voyage that took him to the present-day Americas. 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the...
Bird feeders unused? Why August brings changes to backyard bird activity | Lehigh Valley Nature Watch
Lehigh Valley Live - Pennsylvania
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August 2, 2025
It doesn’t seem possible but it’s now already August, the month named after the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar. Football teams will be practicing, parents will be buying school clothes for their kids, and garden nurseries are already getting out...
Hybar boss has big plans for new Mississippi County plant
Northwest Arkansas Business Journal
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July 27, 2025
More than a decade ago, a group of businessmen in the steel industry decided to embark on an ambitious plan. They decided to build a steel mill in southern Mississippi County on the Arkansas River near Osceola. Big River Steel (BRS) opened in...
Column: Are public schools failing us?
The Enquirer-Journal - North Carolina
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For decades we have been told our public schools are failing. It comes largely from those on the conservative right. They are so adamant, so loud and so frequent that they have swayed public opinion. Pew reports 51% say the country’s K-12...
NC's public schools aren't really failing us. Here's why
Shelby Star - North Carolina
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Claims of failing schools often rely on misinterpretations of NAEP test scores, conflating proficiency levels with grade-level expectations. North Carolina's underfunding of public education, inadequate teacher compensation, and lack of support...
Mississippi Beauty Professionals in Limbo After Senate Fails to Confirm Board Members
Mississippi Free Press
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July 24, 2025
JACKSON, Miss.—More than 50,000 licensed beauty professionals across Mississippi are in regulatory limbo. The Mississippi State Board of Cosmetology and Barbering has had no confirmed members since April, after the state Senate adjourned without...