WTOK-TV Meridian
New flight simulators coming to Key Field in Meridian
By WTOK Staff
WASHINGTON (WTOK) - The Air National Guard announced Friday that new flight simulators for the KC-135 tanker aircraft will be installed at Key Field in Meridian, Miss.
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde...
Agri-Pulse
Vilsack: USDA strapped by low staff salaries
By Philip Brasher
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday that relatively low salaries are making it difficult for USDA to retain employees, including Farm Service Agency field staff.
During his second appearance on Capitol Hill in...
Jacksonville (Ill.) Journal Courier
Large-animal veterinarians at a premium in region
Dave Dawson, Reporter
The number of veterinarians practicing in rural areas is declining at the same time veterinary schools are turning out more graduates than ever. The result is fewer veterinarians available...
WLBT-TV Jackson
‘This community is going to come back:’ Federal help arrives in Mississippi
By Brendan Hall
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (WLBT) - Federal help is on the ground in Mississippi after President Biden approved the governor’s emergency declaration Sunday.
The governor, along with federal and...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Hyde-Smith requests temporary payments to rural hospitals from federal government
By Caleb Salers
As 28 hospitals across Mississippi are in danger of closing, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is seeking help from the federal government.
Hyde-Smith encouraged U.S...
MedPage Today
Senators Press HHS Chief on Alzheimer's Drugs, Opioids at Budget Hearing
Collins blasts lack of Medicare coverage for new Alzheimer's treatment
By Joyce Frieden
WASHINGTON -- Alzheimer's disease treatments, the opioid epidemic, and funding for rural healthcare were all in the...
The Hill
Bipartisan Senate duo reignites efforts to cap private insurance insulin cost at $35
By Nathaniel Weixel
A bipartisan Senate duo is working to reignite efforts to cap the cost of insulin for everyone with private insurance, rather than just Medicare.
Updated legislation introduced by...
Freight Waves
Buttigieg addresses teen drivers, truck parking at Senate hearing
DOT secretary using social media to boost lackluster turnout for entry-level truck driver program
By John Gallagher
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told concerned Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill...
Magnolia Tribune
Biden vetoes ESG resolution
The U.S. House is expected to attempt to override the President’s first veto later this week but getting the two-thirds vote necessary doesn’t appear likely.
By: Frank Corder
President Joe Biden (D) issued his first veto on Monday, over two years into...
Bogalusa (La.) Daily News
Cassidy, Hyde-Smith, Colleagues Introduce Resolution Condemning Democrats’ Push to Unilaterally Change the Constitution
Published 5:30 am Monday, March 20, 2023
By Staff Reports
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and seven...
