Magee News
Hyde-Smith Presented Golden Gavel Award
By Sue Honea
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week received the Golden Gavel Award for presiding over the U.S. Senate for 100 hours during the 116th Congress. Since becoming Mississippi’s junior Senator in 2018...
News Mississippi
Trump to receive bill honoring Brookhaven fallen officers; Change of venue granted for trial
By Andi Davis
The man accused of killing two officers in Lincoln County has been granted a change of venue for his upcoming trial.
Marquis Flowers is charged in the 2018 shooting deaths...
Yahoo Finance
Thirty-Eight U.S. Senators Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Right of Religious Schools in Kentucky to Meet In-Person
Brief urges Court to reverse decision by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
December 4, 2020 4:33 PM EST
WASHINGTON, Dec. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Led...
Lafayette (La.) Daily Advertiser
Kennedy, Cassidy propose plan to increase Gulf of Mexico lease sales
By William Taylor Potter
Louisiana's U.S. senators are spearheading an attempt to require the federal government to hold two lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico each year — a move the senators say...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Mississippi’s congressional delegation urges President Trump to sign declaration on Hurricane Zeta
By Maggie Wade
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi’s congressional delegation has sent a letter to President Trump urging him to approve Governor Tate Reeves’ request for a major...
Katy (Texas) News
Cornyn Introduces Bill to Conserve Gulf Coast, Protect Texas Energy Jobs
Dec 3, 2020
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today introduced the Conservation Funding Protection Act to protect jobs and drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the conservation they fund.
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Associated Press
Attorney confirmed as federal judge in south Mississippi
By Emily Wagster Pettus
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed a 37-year-old attorney who has been involved in Republican politics as a new federal district judge for the southern half of Mississippi.
T...
Vicksburg Post
Deadline looms for public input on backwater pump project
By John Surratt
As the deadline for public comment nears, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District report receiving a large number of people have responded to its Supplemental Environmental Impact...
WXXV-TV Gulfport
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith gives Thanksgiving message
By WXXV Staff
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith issued a message for the Thanksgiving holiday encouraging Mississippians to remain optimistic throughout the pandemic.
Hyde-Smith asks the public to “recommit ourselves to giving...
Delta Farm Press
The Delta Council Meeting asks for support in the effort to build the pumps
At the 2020 virtual Delta Council Meeting on Nov. 12, the Delta Council asked pump supporters to submit positive comments to help the Yazoo Backwater Project move forward.
By Alaina Dismukes
The Delta...
