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Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/ReutersPay Dirt is a weekly foray into the pigpen of political funding. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.When Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves lifted the last of his state’s minimal COVID restrictions on April 30, 2021, the 2023 election was far from the thoughts of most of his constituents.But not Reeves.He was fresh off a private flight to a fundraiser where lobbyists were eager to write his political opera

Dr. Tracy Cook is the third Alcorn State president and the second on an interim basis since the HBCU fired its first woman leader in April.

Mississippi State University opened a college focused on nontraditional students, establishing new policies and practices with adult learners’ perspectives at the forefront of degrees and programs. As higher ed professionals look to weather the demographic cliff, many colleges and universities are hoping to pick up more adult learners to fill enrollment gaps.

The governing board of Mississippi's university system announced that Alcorn State's interim president is leaving to focus on his family.

One fired college president warned his former peers: "Watch your back."