Marine Link
U.S. Dredgers Applaud President for Jones Act Support
Wednesday, 1 May: Late this afternoon, President Donald Trump met with Congressional leaders from the Senate and House to discuss U.S. Maritime Policy. On the table was the Jones Act. President Trump assured the Congressional...
Monroe Journal
Rainfall events pose setback to waterway dredge completion date
By Ray Van Dusen
ABERDEEN – Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith saw remnants of the late February flooding event on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway first-hand during an April 23 briefing at the Aberdeen Lock and Dam. One of the...
DeSoto Times-Tribune
Deborah Bryant praises women in business
By Bob Bakken
Mississippi’s First Lady sees women holding positions of influence in business as a growing segment that will offer benefits to the state’s economy.
Speaking at a recent Women in Business luncheon event at the Landers...
Associated Press
Mississippi company receives contract to make Navy uniforms
The Associated Press
GOLDEN, Miss. (AP) — A company in northeastern Mississippi will receive nearly $16 million to make U.S. Navy uniforms.
Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Thursday announced the 18-month...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Golden Manufacturing awarded $15.9M contract for Navy uniforms
Daily Journal
GOLDEN • Golden Manufacturing Co. Inc. has been awarded a $15.9 million contract to manufacture uniforms for the U.S. Navy. The 18-month contract, awarded by the Defense...
Monroe Journal
County officials confident of federal disaster declaration
By Ray Van Dusen
ABERDEEN – After reading off a long list of expenses related to mid-April’s severe weather outbreak, county road manager Sonny Clay told the board of supervisors April 26 he is confident there will be...
Northern Ag Network
Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Fix Burdensome Regulations on Livestock Haulers
By Colter
(WASHINGTON) - Wednesday, Montana Senators Jon Tester and Steve Daines along with Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse introduced a bipartisan bill to provide livestock haulers with regulatory relief...
Ag Daily
Senators propose change to service hours for livestock haulers
By AGDAILY Reporters
Today, Sens. Ben Sasse (R-NE) and Jon Tester (D-MT) introduced a bipartisan bill to provide livestock haulers with regulatory relief from the restrictive Hours-of-Service rules. The bill, the Transporting...
Tri-State Livestock News
NCBA Welcomes Legislation Aimed to Help Livestock Haulers
News
NCBA Welcomes Legislation That Helps Livestock Haulers with Federal Hours of Service Reforms The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association today welcomed the introduction of legislation in the U.S. Senate aimed at...
Bloomberg News
Republicans Coax Trump to Scrap U.S. Ship Waiver Plan for Gas
• Lawmakers from shipbuilding Gulf Coast states meet with Trump
• White House weighing waivers to facilitate natural gas flows
By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Ari Natter
President Donald Trump pledged he wouldn’t waive...
