The VA issued eight Interest Rate Reduction Refinance Loans in Mississippi during the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared to three loans the previous quarter, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
Deaths after taking the COVID-19 vaccine total 8,214 across the US, with 57 deaths being in Mississippi, according to the National Vaccine Information Center.
There were 881 VA home purchase loans issued in Mississippi in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2023 totaling $234.7 million, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.
Mississippi collected $1.7 billion in sales and gross receipt taxes during the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
Mississippi's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending March 11, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chibuzo Ifeacho, a student originally from Nigeria, has always had a goal of becoming a truck driver in life, and with the help of East Central Community College and the Southern Mississippi Planning & Development District’s Career STEP program, that dream is now a reality.
Mississippi State University senior Madeleine Thompson, center, a communication/public relations major from Mobile, Alabama, is Miss Maroon and White for 2023.