Capital

High Plains Journal

Farewell to a southern gentleman

By Seymour Klierly

On May 30, 2019, former Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran died.
 
Cochran grew up in Pontotoc, Mississippi, where he graduated valedictorian and lettered in multiple sports. Among his many jobs, he worked at a grocery...

The Hill

GOP senators ask PhRMA for solutions to lower drug prices

By Peter Sullivan

A group of eight Republican senators is writing to pharmaceutical companies asking them what solutions they have for lowering drug prices.

The letter to the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America...

Vicksburg Post

Column: The forgotten people of the Yazoo Backwater flood

By Gina Hendrickson

Eagle Lake has been fairly covered through local and state news, as well as social media. My heart aches for everyone affected and I have the upmost respect for each and every individual who tried to save...

News Mississippi

$19.1 billion disaster aid bill signed by President Trump
 
By Andi Davis

A long-awaited disaster relief bill has been signed into law by President Donald Trump.

Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith praised President Trump for signing the supplemental disaster appropriations bill...

News Mississippi

U.S. Senate passes resolution honoring Thad Cochran

By Alex Paton

The U.S. Senate has approved a resolution to honor the life and career of former long-time U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. The resolution was introduced by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith and was co...

Jackson Clarion-Ledger

New Jersey congressman calls Mississippi a ‘moocher state.’ Here's what he forgets.

By Sid Salter, guest columnist

STARKVILLE – A Democratic New Jersey congressman recently vented his contempt for so-called "moocher states" like Mississippi that receive more money from the...

Brookhaven Daily Leader

He was a hardworking gentleman — Memories of Thad Cochran

By Donna Campbell

When Rep. Becky Currie was getting her feet wet in politics as a Teen Age Republican, she campaigned alongside Thad Cochran to help him win a seat in Congress in 1972.

Currie, of Brookhaven...

National Public Radio

Thad Cochran, Long-Serving Mississippi Senator, Dies At 81

By Merrit Kennedy

Thad Cochran, the Republican senator from Mississippi who served for some four decades, has died at the age of 81, his successor, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, said on Thursday.

Cochran used his...

News Mississippi

Former Senator Thad Cochran passes away at age 81

By Steven Gagliano

According to a spokesman, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, who represented Mississippi in Congress for more than 45 years, passed away peacefully early Thursday morning in Oxford.

Cochran, a Navy veteran who...