WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi students encouraged to apply for U.S. Senate Youth Program
By Kaitlin Howell
WASHINGTON (WJTV) – On Thursday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) encouraged high school juniors and seniors in Mississippi to apply to represent the state...
Breitbart
Marsha Blackburn, Senate Republicans Demand Update on FBI Surveillance of Trump Administration
By Sean Moran
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and 41 Senate Republicans sent a letter Thursday to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding that Garland update them on the status of the...
Farm Progress
Comment period closes on NCBA’s petition to change wording on beef packaging labels.
By Jacqui Fatka
In discussions on restoring market competitiveness, the Biden administration has promised action on USDA’s Product of the USA label. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association...
Itawamba County Times
County volunteer fire departments set to receive over $700k in assistance
Itawamba County Times
August 18, 2021
Itawamba County volunteer fire departments are set to receive over $700k in Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) funds to purchase self-contained breathing...
Newsweek
Republicans Demand IRS Explain Why Christian Group Was Denied Tax-Exemption
By Darragh Roche
A group of Republican senators has written to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) asking the agency to explain why a Christian group was initially denied tax-exempt status.
The senators...
WXXV-TV Gulfport
Ocean Aero moving operations and headquarters to Gulfport
WXXV Staff
Ocean Aero, manufacturer and service provider of ocean-going autonomous underwater and surface vehicles, is relocating its manufacturing operations and headquarters from San Diego to Gulfport, the Mississippi...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Afghanistan takeover – Some of Mississippi’s delegation outraged
By Andi Davis
The Taliban has gained complete control over Afghanistan, as thousands of Afghan people try to flee.
Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker said, “What we are seeing unfold in Afghanistan amounts...
Associated Press
Analysis: Mississippi senators split on infrastructure bill
By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s two Republican U.S. senators agree on many issues, but they split on a proposal for the federal government to spend $1 trillion on highways, water systems...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
I-14 now a little closer to being reality
By Brett Campbell
A new interstate could soon intersect Lincoln County along the Hwy. 84 corridor, as I-14 moves toward expansion from West Texas through Georgia.
The U.S. Senate recently unanimously passed an amendment adding...
Roll Call
How the Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ spelled out GOP’s midterm script
Amendments broke Democratic unity on thorny issues such as critical race theory, abortion funding, immigration
By Lindsey McPherson
Senate Republicans laid bare their political playbook for next year’s midterms during a...
