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Fox News

'Excessive' state taxes on guns, ammunition sales are target of new GOP crackdown effort

'Blue states that implement an excessive excise tax to fund gun control initiatives are exploiting the Second Amendment,' Sen. Jim Risch said

By Diana Stancy Fox News

FIRST ON FOX: Republican...

Police Magazine

Bills to Let Officers and LE Retirees Carry in No-Gun Zones Reintroduced in Congress

The legislation would permit LEOSA-qualified officers and law enforcement retirees to carry in state, local, and private property otherwise open to the public; national parks; certain federal...

American Battlefield Trust

National Park Service Awards Two Grants to Preserve Key Parts of Chickasaw Bayou Battlefield

Acquisitions continue successful efforts by preservationists to preserve the core battlefield by purchasing numerous smaller parcels.

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March 25, 2025

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Newsweek

Republicans Urge Treasury to Keep 'Critical' Fund After Trump Order

By Mandy Taheri and Gabe Whisnant

The Trump administration's move to cut funding for Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI), which helps expand access to capital is facing strong bipartisan backlash...

WLBT-TV Jackson

Hinds Community College unveils new training plane for students

Video: Hinds Community College unveils new training plane for students

By Nathan Lee

HINDS COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - Aspiring pilots at Hinds Community College now have a new plane for training that was unveiled at the...

WAPT-TV Jackson

New fire station being built on Air National Guard base

The facility aims to help improve response times to base emergencies.

By Richard Bourne 

JACKSON, Miss. — A local Mississippi National Guard base is receiving a new facility to help with fighting fires and other emergencies...

Progressive Farmer

Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid

By  Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor @ChrisClaytonDTN

Lawmakers and farm groups offered their praise Tuesday for USDA announcing the signup for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) while also noting their...

Vicksburg Daily News

Bill to strengthen rural water system resilience, disaster response reintroduced

By Staff Reports

WASHINGTON (VDN) — U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have reintroduced the Rural Water System Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act...

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

The U.S. Farm Bill: A chat with Delta Council’s Frank Howell about the long wait for #19

By MARK H. STOWERS

The U.S. Farm Bill – hundreds of pages of legislation with 12 sections that cover everything from crop insurance to food stamps. The 2018 version – the last one...