Mississippi Business Journal
Late planting seen hitting yields of major row crops
By Jack Weatherly
Late planting due to flooding will have a negative impact on yields of major row crops in Mississippi, according to Dr. Josh Maples, assistant agricultural economics professor at Mississippi State...
Clarksville (Tenn.) Online
Blackburn, Perdue, Hyde-Smith Introduce Bill to Remove Regulatory Hurdles Burdening Rural Communities
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), David Perdue (R-Ga.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) introduced S. 2430, the Paving the Way for Rural...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Mental illness and the gun control debate: Politicians and advocates weigh in
By Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The question of “why?” is a common one after mass shootings. Monday morning, President Trump placed part of that blame on mental health.
“We must reform...
WMC-TV Memphis
Tennessee lawmakers react to mass shootings in Texas and Ohio
Video: Mid-South law makers respond to weekend mass shootings
By WMCActionNews5.com Staff and Chris Luther
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The country is dealing with tremendous loss after two mass shootings over the weekend. We...
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...
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...
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...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Yazoo group opposes backwater pumps as historic flood continues
VIDEO: Yazoo pump debate new developments
By David Kenney
YAZOO COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - The Sierra Club of Mississippi released an editorial this week vocally opposing the Yazoo backwater pumps.
At the same time in...
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...
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...
