Hurricane Weakened Large ‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

Courthouse News Service

Hurricane Weakened Large ‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

By Daniel Jackson

(CN) – At the beginning of June, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration looked at their models and saw sobering news for coastal communities in Louisiana and parts of...

Senators: Bill would reverse veto of Mississippi Delta pumps

Associated Press

Senators: Bill would reverse veto of Mississippi Delta pumps

The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker are introducing a bill they say would overturn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2008 veto of a pumping station that could...

New bill would nullify 2008 veto of Yazoo Pump Project

News Mississippi

New bill would nullify 2008 veto of Yazoo Pump Project

By Steven Gagliano

In April, the EPA began a review of the 2008 veto of the Yazoo Pump Project in the midst of historic flooding in the Mississippi Delta. Currently, over 500,000 acres remain flooded, and wildlife and...

Mississippi senators back debt deal that cleared Senate

WTOK-TV Meridian

Mississippi senators back debt deal that cleared Senate

By Andrew Taylor

WASHINGTON (AP) - A hard-won budget and debt deal easily cleared the Senate Thursday, powered by President Donald Trump's endorsement and a bipartisan drive to cement recent spending increases for the...

New Bill Cuts Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Women of Grace

New Bill Cuts Funding for Embryonic Stem Cell Research

By Susan Brinkmann

Members of the U.S. Senate have introduced legislation aimed at stopping federally-funded research at the National Institutes of Health that use embryonic stem cells.

The new bill, known as the Patients...

Kennedy Co-Sponsors Legislation to Assist Fishermen

St. Bernard Parish News

Kennedy Co-Sponsors Legislation to Assist Fishermen

St. Bernard Parish Government Officials and the chairman of the Louisiana United Crabbers Alliance met with members of Congress and congressional staffers from Louisiana and Mississippi last week as parish government...

Hyde-Smith introduces legislation that could overturn EPA veto

Vicksburg Post

Hyde-Smith introduces legislation that could overturn EPA veto

By Staff Reports

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker introduced Wednesday legislation that would overturn a 2008 decision that halted the final aspects of a long-awaited flood...