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Last update: 7 hours agoYazoo Pumps showdown: The Army Corps now says the Mississippi Delta’s long-fought Yazoo Pumps project will cost about $2.3 billion, with critics charging the federal government still hasn’t finished a clear economic case as planning work tops $58 million this year. Coastal health alert: Mississippi’s DEQ says don’t swim at Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, and Biloxi beaches after tests found higher-than-normal enterococci, with updates promised as sampling continues. Public safety: A Memphis fugitive was sentenced to 87 months after a Hernando traffic stop turned up seven firearms. Tech + education: SIU Edwardsville’s Sinan Onal was named an Illinois Innovation Network fellow to tackle how AI changes competency-based teaching and assessment. Trade + jobs: Uniti Wholesale announced new fiber and colocation deals in Jackson, Birmingham, and Tulsa, signaling continued data-center buildout momentum. Space: NRL successfully launched Glowbug-2, a gamma-ray detector aimed at catching short cosmic bursts.
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