WJTV-TV, Jackson
Medgar Evers National Landmark legislation filed; U.S. Senators make case for designation
By Liz Carroll
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WJTV) - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith reintroduced legislation to make civil right leader Medgar Evers home a National Monument.
T...
Livingston Parish (La.) News
Cassidy, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Protect Children from Sex Crimes, Strengthen Parents’ Rights
Staff Report
WASHINGTON— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. today joined 14 Senate colleagues in introducing the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act...
Mississippi Today
Legislation to designate Evers home as a national monument reintroduced
By Mississippi Today
Mississippi’s two senators have reintroduced legislation to designate Medgar and Myrlie Evers’ Jackson home as a national monument within the National Park System.
“The Medgar...
News Mississippi
Mississippi students selected for U.S. Senate Youth Program
By Brittany Land
Ruben Banks, of Jackson, and Kennedy Guest, of Brandon, were selected from among the state’s top student leaders to be part of the 2019 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
Banks, a Jim...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Wicker, Hyde-Smith announce $37.6 Million for Mississippi Head Start programs
By China Lee
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith have announced the award of $37.6 million in federal grant funding for Head Start programs in Mississippi.
That...
High Plains Journal
Changes announced for Senate, House ag committees
By Larry Dreiling
With the recent start of the 116th Congress, House and Senate leaders have announced the memberships of their committees.
Notable is the absence of Rep. Frank Lucas, R-OK, on the House Agriculture...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Local students selected for United States Senate Youth Program
By Morgan Howard and ShaCamree Gowdy
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Cadet Col. Ruben Banks from Jim Hill High School and Kennedy Guest, a student at Brandon High School, have been selected for the 2019 United States...
News Mississippi
Deal temporarily ends government shutdown
By Steven Gagliano
President Trump has announced a deal to temporarily reopen the government after the 35-day shutdown.
The deal will reopen the government until February 15, but Trump suggested that if no funding for a border...
Agri-Pulse
Open Mic: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss.
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican from Mississippi and former state agriculture commissioner speaks in support of the new farm bill and the Trump trade initiatives.
This week’s guest on Open Mic is US. Senator Cindy Hyde...
Natchez Democrat
Plan for Lake Ohkissa lodge, conference center unveiled
By Kevin Cooper
RIDGELAND — A Franklin County native’s vision for a game-changing development on Lake Ohkissa brought dozens political and business leaders together Friday to publicly unveil the plan and talk about...
