Senate votes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court

News Mississippi

Senate votes to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to U.S. Supreme Court

By Steven Gagliano

Following a vote largely along party lines, Amy Coney Barrett has been confirmed as the ninth justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. 

The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Barrett, who was nominated by...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote with GOP majority to confirm Amy Coney Barrett

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote with GOP majority to confirm Amy Coney Barrett

By Caleb Bedillion

Both of Mississippi’s U.S. senators, Roger Wicker of Tupelo and Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven, joined with a majority of their Republican colleagues to confirm...

Wicker, Hyde-Smith voice support for Supreme Court nominee

News Mississippi

Wicker, Hyde-Smith voice support for Supreme Court nominee

By Steven Gagliano

This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett by a final vote of 12-0 — with all 10 Democrats on the committee boycotting the...

Greenville Gets $7.7 Million for Flooding, Infrastructure

Clarksdale Press Register 

Greenville Gets $7.7 Million for Flooding, Infrastructure

On Thu, 10/22/2020 - 01:30 PM

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Thursday the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a

$7.7 million grant to the city of...

Hyde-Smith Votes for COVID-19 Small Business Relief

Magee News

Hyde-Smith Votes for COVID-19 Small Business Relief

By Sue Honea -October 21, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for the first of two measures intended to overcome partisan obstruction and begin delivering additional COVID-19 relief to the...

Army Corps’ action moves Yazoo Pump Project forward

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Army Corps’ action moves Yazoo Pump Project forward

By Steven Gagliano

Today represents an important step in the process towards the completion of the Yazoo Pump Project https://newsms.fm/epa-reviewing-2008-veto-of-yazoo-pump-project/ in the Mississippi Delta. 

The U.S. Army...