DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 14 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Affordable Housing Complex Opens with Help of $850K Grant from FHLB Dallas and BankPlus * PATTISON, MISSISSIPPI, August 14, 2026-Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), BankPlus and the Mississippi Regional Housing Authority VI (MRHA VI) celebrated the re-opening of the newly rehabilitated Pattison Home  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Federal Court Rejects Effort to Block DeSoto County's Majority-Black Judicial District * #Read a PDF of our statement here. Court rules plaintiffs "wholly failed to carry their burden" in challenge to Mississippi's only majority-Black judicial subdistrict. CONTACT ACLU Media: media@aclu.org LDF: media@naacpldf.org JACKSON, Miss. - A federal court denied an effort to   more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Aug. 15 -- The University of Mississippi posted the following news: * * * Major Gift Makes an Immediate Impact * OXFORD, Miss. - Barbara Collier considered going ahead with a planned estate gift to the University of Mississippi to honor her late husband, John Brooks Collier, but then decided that she wanted to make a more immediate impact. "After he passed away, I realized the university might not benefit for 15 or 20 years," she said. "I just decided I would make the g  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report on August 12, 2026: Here are excerpts: * * * WHEAT: The outlook for 2026/27 U.S. wheat this month is for lower supplies, unchanged domestic use and exports, and smaller ending stocks. Supplies are reduced on lower production, which is forecast at 1,531 million bushels, down 5 million from last month on decreased harvested area and yield. Hard Red Winte  more