Associated Press
Trump nominates Mississippi judge for 5th US appeals court
The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals is being nominated to serve on a federal appeals court that handles cases for Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, the White House...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
Coast couple returns to U.S. after being stranded by Peru’s coronavirus lockdown
By Alyssa Newton
Fifteen days after a Gulfport couple was stranded in Peru after the country closed its borders, the two are back home and on American soil.
JP and Samantha Stimpson arrived back...
News Mississippi
Congress sends CARES act to President Trump’s desk
By Steven Gagliano
* This article has been updated to reflect that President Trump has signed the bill into law.
Shortly after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, President Trump...
Middle East Monitor
US Senators call on Saudi Arabia to leave OPEC
March 27, 2020
A group of US Senators from the ruling Republican Party have urged Saudi Arabia to leave the Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC), claiming that the kingdom along with Russia is waging an economic...
Y’all Politics
Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for Coronavirus relief – What’s in it?
By Frank Corder
Mississippi’s U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith both voted late Wednesday evening for the $2 trillion bipartisan legislation to support American families, workers, and businesses through...
News Mississippi
Senate unanimously passes $2 trillion stimulus package
By Steven Gagliano
The Senate has passed a $2 trillion stimulus package in response to the economic downturn brought on by the coronavirus outbreak.
With the support of Mississippi’s Senators, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief...
American Journal of Transportation
NCFC thanks Senate for support of American businesses and employees, and for $300 million in specific fisheries assistance
By: AJOT | Ports & Terminals
The compromise COVID-19 stimulus package, negotiated by the U.S. Senate Republican and Democratic leadership...
The Hill
GOP senators urge Saudi Arabia to leave OPEC
By Rachel Frazin
A group of Republican senators are saying that Saudi Arabia should leave OPEC and instead become a “free market energy powerhouse.”
The six senators wrote a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urging him to make this...
Y’all Politics
Deal Done: Mississippi delegation expected to support coronavirus relief
By Frank Corder
A deal between Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate and House was reached after midnight to provide a nearly $2 trillion coronavirus relief package that will include both individual and...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Farmer: ‘We’ve got work to do’
By Donna Campbell
Farmers farm when it’s hot, cold, dry, wet and bug infested. So they say they’re not going to let a COVID-19 outbreak come between them and their job.
“Coronavirus or no coronavirus, we’ve got work to do,” said Rep. Vince...
