The Floridian
Scott Introduces Bill to 'Restore Merit' and end DEI Hiring in Government
Jackson Bakich
Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) has introduced the Restore Merit to Government Service Act of 2025, a bill designed to end DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) hiring practices, and a restore merit...
Dodd-Frank Update
Republicans seek to repeal CFPB 1071 rule with legislation
Consumer Protection, Inside the Beltway
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Congressional Republicans expressed support for legislation to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) small-business lending rule...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Mississippi Senators introduce ‘one flag’ policy at federal buildings
Video: The One Flag For All Act would expand President Donald Trump’s “One Flag Policy."
By WLOX Staff
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - U.S. Senator Cindy-Hyde Smith co-sponsored legislation that would prohibit any flag...
Magnolia Tribune
Destination by Hyatt picks Okhissa Lake as site of striking new development
By: Lynne Jeter
Last month, Destination by Hyatt announced it would build an impressive, high-end 200-room lodge and a 1,000-person conference center on Okhissa Lake in rural southwest Mississippi, slated...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
Good news arrives for ‘very happy’ South MS veteran whose check was shorted for years
By Anita Lee
Valentines Day is even better than expected for Army veteran Harriet “Elva” Pflug of Lucedale.
A long-awaited payment from the Veterans Administration finally arrived. Pflug had...
Rental Housing Journal
Bill Would Allow 3-Day Evictions in Federal Subsidized Housing
By John Triplett
Federal lawmakers have introduced a bill to allow landlords to give tenants in federal subsidized housing 3-day eviction notice, according to reports.
Landlords had been required to give 30...
American Veterinary Medical Association
Texas lawyer to head agriculture department
February 14, 2025
Brooke Rollins will become the 33rd U.S. secretary of agriculture. The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on February 13 by a vote of 72...
The Floridian
Rubio, Scott Try Again to 'Lock the Clock' on Daylight Saving Time
Jackson Bakich
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) are once again pushing for the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) the national year-round standard. In 2018...
Roll Call
Chinese garlic and seafood at US military bases? Republicans think that stinks
Senators also seek broad US ban on Chinese garlic and seafood
By Olivia M. Bridges
U.S. military servicemembers may soon find garlic and seafood from China stripped off the shelves of their local military...
Baton Rouge Advocate
These tiny insects have been tearing up Louisiana trees. Homeowners may also be at risk.
David Mitchell
The tiny pine bark beetle has had a devastating effect on the fringes of Louisiana's forests, killing thousands of trees that now pose a new risk to homeowners and...
