Deadline looms for public input on backwater pump project

Vicksburg Post

Deadline looms for public input on backwater pump project

By John Surratt

As the deadline for public comment nears, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District report receiving a large number of people have responded to its Supplemental Environmental Impact...

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith gives Thanksgiving message

WXXV-TV Gulfport

Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith gives Thanksgiving message

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By WXXV Staff 

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith issued a message for the Thanksgiving holiday encouraging Mississippians to remain optimistic throughout the pandemic.

Hyde-Smith asks the public to “recommit ourselves to giving...

COMMENTARY: Election of Pro-Life Women Shows Tide Is Turning

Real Clear Politics

COMMENTARY: Election of Pro-Life Women Shows Tide Is Turning

By Marjorie Dannenfelser

Move over, Nancy Pelosi: Pro-life women are driving the new Republican surge in Congress – an unmistakable rebuke to Democrats’ radical abortion agenda. 

With several races still too close...

1st woman confirmed as US judge for southern Mississippi

Associated Press

1st woman confirmed as US judge for southern Mississippi

The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the first woman to become a federal judge for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Kristi Haskins Johnson of Brandon is a former assistant U...

Analysis: Mississippi pump proposal evokes strong reactions

Associated Press

Analysis: Mississippi pump proposal evokes strong reactions

By Emily Wagster Pettus

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Farmers, rural shopkeepers and Mississippi politicians from both major parties are speaking out to support a proposed flood control project that would pump water from parts...

What Do The Recent Elections Mean For Agriculture?

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What Do The Recent Elections Mean For Agriculture?

ASTA - AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

ASTA is gearing up for a busy 2021! With changes coming to Washington, D.C., we'll be hitting the ground running in January as we work to build relationships with new Members of Congress and staff...