Magnolia Tribune
Yazoo Backwater Pumps, Arkabutla Lake Dam among projects funded in federal appropriations bill signed by Trump
In total, the federal appropriations bill directs more than $184.1 million for 30 authorized U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in Mississippi.
By Frank Corder
Presi...
The National Law Review
Trafficking Survivors Relief Act Signed into Law as Survivor Advocate Announces Presidential Pardon
Survivor and congressional witness, Hollie Nadel, reflects on personal relief and life-changing legislation for trafficking survivors
January 27, 2026
Volume XVI, Number 27...
Mississippi Today
Mississippi charters receive $600k in federal grant funding
By Julia James
Mississippi charter schools received $600,000 in grant funding from the federal government to use on technology and general supplies, the Charter School Authorizer Board announced Monday.
The money comes...
Magnolia State News
Senators urge USDA to reinstate insurance options for disaster-affected farmers
By Magnolia State News
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, along with other members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, has called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to restore...
Washington Post
NIH says it will stop funding research using human fetal tissue
The decision reflects conservative, antiabortion policy goals.
By Carolyn Y. Johnson
The National Institutes of Health, the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, announced Thursday that it would...
Agri-Pulse
Senators urge USDA to restore buy-up coverage for prevented planting
By Noah Wicks
Leaders of the Senate Ag Committee and 17 other senators are asking the Agriculture Department to reverse its decision to remove buy-up coverage on prevented planting.
In a letter to Agriculture...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Pregnant Students’ Rights Act introduced in Senate
By Daily Leader Staff
Senate Pro-Life Caucus Chair Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday signed as an original cosponsor of pro-life legislation to support pregnant college students by requiring colleges and universities...
El Universal
US senators call for punishment of Mexico for illegal fishing; they link red snapper to Gulf Cartel funding
The Department of Homeland Security indicates that the Coast Guard only intercepts one out of every five foreign vessels detected.
By Alelhí Salgado
Republican senators in the...
DeSoto County News
The Record Matters: Significant Progress and Funding on Regional Sewer Infrastructure Project
January 17, 2026
Note: The following op-ed column is submitted by the DeSoto County Board of Supervisors in response to a recent item posted on DeSoto County News. The opinions...
Meridian Star
Federal funding earmarked for Meridian in appropriations bill
By Thomas Howard
A federal appropriations bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday will channel hundreds of millions in science, energy and water spending to the Magnolia State and more than $10 million to Meridian.
T...
