Senators Talk Rural Health, Lead Screening During CDC Budget Hearing

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Senators Talk Rural Health, Lead Screening During CDC Budget Hearing

Agency lauded for work during pandemic

By Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor

WASHINGTON -- Preparing for the next pandemic was high on senators' minds Wednesday during a Senate hearing on the CDC's budget request...

Senators shed masks after CDC lifts mandate

The Hill

Senators shed masks after CDC lifts mandate

By Jordan Carney

Senators largely shed their masks as they returned to the Capitol on Monday, marking a step back toward pre-pandemic normalcy after more than one year.

Monday's session comes after the Centers for Disease Control and...

USDA approves shrimp-buy program to help distressed seafood industry

WXXV-TV Gulfport

USDA approves shrimp-buy program to help distressed seafood industry
 
By WXXV - May 14, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday commitment to purchase an additional $25 million in wild-caught shrimp that should benefit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to a press...

Mississippi airports to receive $10.3M for improvements

WJTV-TV Jackson

Mississippi airports to receive $10.3M for improvements

STATE NEWS

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced on Friday that the award of $10.3 million for improvements will be given to 10 Mississippi airfields.

“Mississi...