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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Tuesday November 04, 2025 ( 3 items )  

MSU achieves another enrollment record, state's only public university growing 10 of past 11 years
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Nov. 3 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU achieves another enrollment record, state's only public university growing 10 of past 11 years Mississippi State is seeing another record-breaking enrollment this fall and a 12.6% surge in first-time students, positioning the university as the state's only public higher education institution to grow 10 of the past 11 years. As the No. 1 college choice for high school graduates in Mississippi  more

National Academies to Fund Coastal STEM Camps Developed by USM Center for STEM Education
HATTIESBURG, Mississippi, Nov. 4 -- The University of Southern Mississippi issued the following news: * * * National Academies to Fund Coastal STEM Camps Developed by USM Center for STEM Education The National Academies Gulf Research Program has awarded a team of researchers from The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), led by Center for STEM Education Associate Director Dr. Rachel Gisewhite, $748,927 to create weeklong immersive STEM camps in Harrison County, Miss., for students in grad  more

Senate Judiciary Committee Sets Nov. 6 Nomination Hearing
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nomination hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2025, at 216 Dirksen Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. NOMINEES a. A. Tysen Duva, to be an Assistant Attorney General b. Robert P. Chamberlin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi c. William J. Crain, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana d. James D. Maxwell II, to be United States D  more