WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi College Law professor explains ‘packing the courts’ and possible impacts
NEWS
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett has wrapped up in the Senate Judiciary Committee. But now the issue of “packing the court” has come into question.
Asid...
WJTV-TV Jackson
$2.1M in grants awarded to reduce DNA, forensic backlogs in Mississippi
NEWS
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced the award of more than $2.1 million in grants to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS) and City of...
All Together
SWE Advocacy Alert: Senate STEM RESTART Act
STEM RESTART Act introduction shows advocacy does work.
October 15, 2020
Public Policy
Last month, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) demonstrated how long view advocacy can make for real change for women in STEM. SWE worked with Senate...
Vicksburg Post
Positive report: Corps’ study says backwater pumps project should move ahead
By Tim Reeves
After months of study and feedback, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released a report Friday that lays out recommendations for completion of the Yazoo Backwater Pumps Project.
In the...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Hyde-Smith weighs in on Supreme Court confirmation hearings
By Caroline Wood
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - It’s day two of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
She faces the Senate Judiciary Committee in a question and answer proceeding Tuesday...
WZFG Radio Fargo N.D.
Senator Cramer, Colleagues Urge HHS To Change Reporting Requirements For Rural Hospitals
By Chris Larson
U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in writing a bipartisan letter to U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar...
News Mississippi
Confirmation proceedings begin for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the US Supreme Court
By Andi Davis
This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation proceedings on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the United States...
Fox News
Lawsuit against DC mayor’s COVID crackdown on Baptist church draws 34 senators’ backing: report
“The Mayor’s selectiveness in determining which gatherings are permitted is unacceptable & violates the First Amendment & the Religious Freedom restoration Act,” one senator wrote
By Dom...
Delta Business Journal
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith: A Calling and Commitment To Serve
By Jack Criss
The first woman ever elected as Mississippi’s Agriculture Commissioner, the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress through appointment and the first woman from Mississippi elected to...
Bay Springs Impact
TEC bridging ‘digital divide’ to Pine Belt area
By Heath Walley, Jasper County News Editor
Rural Mississippians in five local counties that have been seeking and begging for reliable internet service over the years may finally have something coming their way.
A digital bridge...
