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Board of Trustees selects Dr. Denise Jones Gregory as president of Jackson State University

Denise Jones Gregory has been selected as the 14th president of Jackson State University following an eight-month national search. A longtime academic leader at the university who served as interim president since May 2025, Gregory brings experience as provost and vice president of academic affairs, along with a strong background in chemistry and higher education leadership.

Posted inU.S. Government

14 GOP-led states have turned down federal money to feed low-income kids in the summer. Here’s why

By Jonathan Mattise and Geoff MulvihillThe Associated Press Lower-income families with school-age kids can get help from the federal government paying for groceries this summer, unless they live in one of the 14 states that have said no to joining the program this year. The reasons for the rejections, all from states with Republican governors, […]

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