WorkersCompensation.com
Lawmakers Work to Protect Healthcare Workers
By Liz Carey
Legislation Look-in
Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – As healthcare workers continue to face attacks on the job, law makers are proposing legislation that would protect them...
Politico
The White House wants to eliminate housing funds. Republicans aren’t having it.
The presidential budget put GOP lawmakers in an awkward position.
By Cassandra Dumay
Republican lawmakers are publicly criticizing White House proposals to scrap federal programs that help build and...
Magnolia Tribune
Magnolia Mornings: May 22, 2026
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion to start your day informed.
By: Magnolia Tribune - May 22, 2026
In Mississippi
1. BLEOST approves part-time officer bridge...
The Fence Post
Hyde-Smith: Speed up H-2A processing
Hagstrom Report
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., on Tuesday told Labor Department Acting Secretary Keith Sonderling that the Labor Department needs to speed up the processing of the H-2A visas that bring foreign agricultural workers into the...
Wood Central
US Senator Tells Housing Department to Make Mass Timber Mainstream
Mississippi Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith uses FY2027 appropriations hearing to press HUD Secretary Scott Turner on Forest Service, state commissions and builder engagement around mass timber for US affordable housing.
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Darkhorse Press
Mississippi awarding more than $23 million for local infrastructure projects statewide
By Therese Apel
JACKSON — Gov. Tate Reeves’ office announced Monday that more than $23 million in federal Community Development Block Grant funding will be distributed to cities and counties...
Wyoming Livestock Roundup
National Beef Month: Support American producers and celebrate the beef industry during the month of May
By Wyoming Livestock Roundup
Each May, the U.S. observes National Beef Month to recognize the importance of the nation’s cattle industry and to celebrate hardworking...
National Parks Traveler
Congress Designates May 16 As National Kids To Parks Day
By NPT Staff
Congress has designated Saturday, May 16, as National Kids to Parks Day. The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the bipartisan resolution to encourage children and families across the country to spend more...
Vicksburg Post
Hyde-Smith pushes for 'military installation' designation for ERDC in Vicksburg
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith presses Pentagon to treat Vicksburg’s ERDC as a military installation so it can qualify for community infrastructure grants, as officials review eligibility rules.
Staff Reports...
Houston (Texas) Chronicle
Cuts to housing programs in Texas, other states meets pushback in Congress
HUD Secretary Scott Turner, of Texas, has pushed cuts that activists warn will decimate housing programs for the homeless, seniors and low-income families.
By James Osborne
U.S. Housing and Urban...
