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Your Mississippi forecast for Monday, June 3
SUMMARY: Northern Mississippi will be mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms, some potentially severe, with highs in the mid to upper 80s and lows near 70. Central Mississippi will have morning fog, mostly cloudy skies, showers, thunderstorms, highs in the upper 80s, and heat index readings between 100-102, with lows in the lower 70s. Southern Mississippi will experience morning fog, partly sunny skies with severe showers, thunderstorms in the afternoon, highs in the upper 80s, and night lows in the lower 70s. Severe storms, potentially producing damaging wind gusts and quarter-size hail, are expected mainly along and west of I-55 this afternoon and evening.
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Number of EV charging stations increasing in Mississippi with latest unveiled in Brandon
SUMMARY: Charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly appearing in Mississippi, recently including a $350,000 fast charging station in downtown Brandon funded by Entergy Mississippi. Positioned near Interstates 20 and 55, it benefits local and passing EV drivers. This station, alongside one in Ridgeland, aids Entergy Mississippi's research on EV impact on the power grid. With 3,300 EVs in Mississippi, Entergy is gathering data for future infrastructure planning, expecting 26 million EVs in the US by 2030. The Brandon station has two fast chargers that can power an EV in 30-45 minutes at $0.30/kWh. Many cities statewide now have EV charging stations.
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Lt. Gov. Hosemann eyeing plans to tackle chronic absenteeism next session
SUMMARY: Republican Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann plans to propose several measures to reduce chronic absenteeism in Mississippi schools. Chronic absenteeism, defined as missing over 18 school days annually, stood at 23.9% in the 2022-23 school year, down from 28% in 2021-22 but still higher than pre-pandemic levels. Hosemann's proposals include restricting cell phone use in schools, shifting school attendance officers to district-level supervision, increasing their salaries, and encouraging low-performing schools to adopt a modified calendar. He also intends to visit schools statewide to better understand absenteeism issues and has tasked the K-12 and Postsecondary Mental Health Task Force with examining the problem.
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FEMA closing 5 disaster recovery centers in Mississippi; 2 to remain open
SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced the permanent closure of five disaster recovery centers in Mississippi, effective July 8. The closing centers are located in Hancock, Madison, Neshoba, Scott Counties, and one of two centers in Hinds County. Despite these closures, other centers in Hinds and Humphreys Counties will remain open. Officials will assist storm survivors of the April 8-11 events until 5 p.m. on the last day. Survivors can still apply for federal assistance via DisasterAssistance.gov, the FEMA mobile app, or by calling the helpline. The deadline for assistance applications is August 9. To date, over $2.6 million has been granted.
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