Cindy Hyde Smith asks Trump for backwater pumps
VIDEO: Cindy Hyde Smith asks Trump for backwater pumps
https://www.wlbt.com/video/2019/06/14/cindy-hyde-smith-asks-trump-backwater-pumps-2/
By Courtney Ann Jackson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -The Yazoo Backwater area has been underwater for months now...
The Hill
McConnell ups pressure on White House to get a budget deal
By Alexander Bolton
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) invited Senate Republican colleagues to a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney Wednesday in a renewed...
WCBI-TV Columbus
Major Navy contract awarded to Louisville company
By Robert Davidson
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Winston County company lands a Navy contract which could be worth up to $84 million .
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith says Taylor Defense Products LLC of Louisville was awarded the competitive...
Associated Press
Mississippi-based federal judge nominated to appeals court
By Emiliy Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump is nominating a federal district judge from southern Mississippi to serve on one of the nation's most conservative federal appeals courts.
The White...
High Plains Journal
Farewell to a southern gentleman
By Seymour Klierly
On May 30, 2019, former Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran died.
Cochran grew up in Pontotoc, Mississippi, where he graduated valedictorian and lettered in multiple sports. Among his many jobs, he worked at a grocery...
WXXV-TV Gulfport
Mississippians Can Weigh in on U.S. Senator’s New Website
By Toni Miles
If you’re a Mississippian and would like to have your input on issues close to your heart and community, especially on the national front, you can do that now, thanks to a new feature on a Mississippi senator...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Thad reminded us to search for common good
By My Turn
Draped in black mourning cloth, a life-sized portrait of Senator Thad Cochran sitting in a favorite chair looked as if he was gazing over the packed Northminster Baptist Church in Jackson Tuesday morning. The painting...
News Mississippi
$19.1 billion disaster aid bill signed by President Trump
By Andi Davis
A long-awaited disaster relief bill has been signed into law by President Donald Trump.
Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith praised President Trump for signing the supplemental disaster appropriations bill...
Vicksburg Post
Column: The forgotten people of the Yazoo Backwater flood
By Gina Hendrickson
Eagle Lake has been fairly covered through local and state news, as well as social media. My heart aches for everyone affected and I have the upmost respect for each and every individual who tried to save...
The Hill
GOP senators ask PhRMA for solutions to lower drug prices
By Peter Sullivan
A group of eight Republican senators is writing to pharmaceutical companies asking them what solutions they have for lowering drug prices.
The letter to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America...
