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In their final days of the 2024 legislative session, Iowa lawmakers approved $8.9 billion in state spending for the upcoming year, financing the state government and public services. Most of those decisions now await a thumbs up or down from the governor. Appropriations bills included funding for topics discussed often this session, like increasing pay […] The post Here’s what lawmakers approved in Iowa’s $8.9 billion budget and what they cut appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.

Starting next year, the number of high school graduates will begin to fall in Mississippi. That’s the looming reality a joint hearing of the House and Senate Colleges and Universities committees zeroed in on Wednesday. In Mississippi, this trend, called the “enrollment cliff,” will force the largely tuition-dependent colleges and universities to compete for a […]

Speaker Charles McCall and Senate GOP leader Greg Treat urge Regents for Higher Education to help with state's workforce challenges

State funding for state-related universities including Penn State remains in limbo.

MOREHEAD CITY - The Morehead City Port is reporting record revenue in fiscal year 2023 as the business continues to expand and push its capabilities.