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1. Clarksdale student named Mississippi’s champion for National Civics Bee

Karli Matthews, a middle school student at Lee Academy in Clarksdale, has been named Mississippi’s state champion for the National Civics Bee®. She will represent the state as one of only 27 finalists at the National Civics Bee Championship to be held in Washington, D.C. in November.

This year’s Bee engaged more than 6,000 students from 110 communities across 28 states. The National Civics Bee is a program of The Civic Trust, an initiative of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and is supported by the Mississippi Economic Council.

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