Columbus Dispatch
New Hope class meets Trump during Tupelo rally
By Isabelle Altman
When New Hope Middle School seventh grader Lariyon Beckwith told his teacher, Liza Miley, he wanted to meet the president, she didn't really expect it to happen.
Still, Miley took a video of Beckwith on her phone...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Gov.-elect Reeves picks veteran Republican leader Brad White to lead transition team
By Geoff Pender
Gov.-elect Tate Reeves has named longtime Mississippi Republican leader and politico Brad White to lead his transition team.
Reeves in a statement Thursday called former...
Columbus Dispatch
Federal grant to fund $12.66M in improvements along Highway 182
By Tess Vrbin
About a mile of downtown Starkville along Highway 182, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will get a long-awaited makeover thanks to a $12.66 million federal grant, the largest infrastructure grant...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Hyde-Smith Announces $1.2M Grant For Sunflower County
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $1.2 million in federal disaster assistance to Sunflower County for roadway repairs associated with flood damage earlier this year.
The Federal...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
$20 million granted for new overpass in Gulfport
By WLOX Staff
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a $20.46 million Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development grant to assist with construction of a new roadway and overpass in Gulfport.
“T...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
MSU homecoming king meets President Trump during Tupelo visit
By Danny McArthur Daily Journal
TUPELO • After being named Mississippi State Homecoming King, Tupelo native Spencer Kirkpatrick received recognition for his accomplishment from the highest...
The Hill
Opinion: Finalize the rule stopping ObamaCare's hidden abortion surcharge
By Marjorie Dannenfelser, opinion contributor
It’s time again for Americans shopping for health insurance on ObamaCare exchanges to sign up or renew their coverage. As was the case last year, too many Americans are...
Boothbay (Maine) Register
LYME TIME: We Did It!
By Paula Jackson Jones
Last week, former Senator Kay Hagan (N.C.) passed away from complications due to the tick-borne disease known as the Powassan virus. That same week, the Senate Health Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation...
American Medical Association
Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.
Kevin B. O'Reilly, News Editor, American Medical Association
What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth...
Life News
New Congressional Bill Would Ban Abortions Nationwide on Babies With Down Syndrome
By Micaiah Bilger
WASHINGTON, DC - In an effort to stop discrimination-based abortions, a group of U.S. senators introduced a bill this week to prohibit abortions on unborn babies with Down syndrome.
The...
