Senators Challenge FCC Rural Broadband Map

Broadcasting & Cable

Senators Challenge FCC Rural Broadband Map

By John Eggerton

Senators from both sides of the aisle are expressing concerns about the coverage map the FCC is planning to use to decide where to put more than $4.5 billion in rural broadband subsidies, and they want more time to...

Delta Council Day: Catfish on the plate and on the minds of farmers

Clarion-Ledger, Jackson

Delta Council Day: Catfish on the plate and on the minds of farmers

By Mac Gordon, Guest Columnist

Delta folk are known in some circles for walking with more of a swagger than the average Mississippian, but Delta Council Day is when they really strut their stuff.

Once a...

Sen. Hyde-Smith Proposes “Gold Star Families Week”

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Sen. Hyde-Smith Proposes “Gold Star Families Week”

By William Folkes

WASHINGTON D.C. (WCBI) – Ahead of Memorial Day, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is proposing a new way to honor military families.

Dubbed “Gold Star Families Week,” the senator’s resolution would preview Gold Star...

VA reform bill heads to Trump’s desk

News Mississippi

VA reform bill heads to Trump’s desk

By Alex Paton

A bill is headed to President Trump’s desk that will improve veterans’ health care by removing barriers that keep veterans from receiving care closer to home.

U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker voted with the Senate...

Evers home first Mississippi civil rights site declared landmark

Clarion-Ledger, Jackson

Evers home first Mississippi civil rights site declared landmark

By Jerry Mitchell

The house where Medgar and Myrlie Evers lived with their family will receive a plaque Thursday recognizing its National Historic Landmark Designation.

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers House is...

Bill to designate Medgar Evers home national monument introduced

WAPT-TV Jackson

Bill to designate Medgar Evers home national monument introduced

By Adam McWilliams

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced a bill Monday that would make the home of slain civil rights icon Medgar Evers a national monument and would make...