Bolivar Commercial
New farm bill provides funds
By Leah Allen
While living in a rural area is a dream come true for many, it also offers a unique set of challenges to farmers and other in agricultural based communities.
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, which was recently signed...
Associated Press
Ingalls Shipyard scores $930.8 million contract
Associated Press
Lawmakers say a Mississippi shipyard has been awarded a $930.8 million contract to build the 10th and 11th U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters.
U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker and U.S...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Government Shutdown And How It Affects Mississippi
By Ashley Norwood, MPB News
Mississippians and congressional leaders are reacting to a federal government's shutdown and how it might interrupt services in the state. MPB's Ashley Norwood reports.
In this...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
What comes first in Mississippi: the chicken, the egg or the SBA poultry loan?
By Sid Salter, Guest Columnist
STARKVILLE — The ancient creation dilemma is based on determining which came first, the chicken or the egg? But in 2018 agribusiness government lending, the...
McComb Enterprise-Journal
Column: Okhissa imagined
By Ernest Herndon
Imagine driving to the north boat ramp at Okhissa Lake and, instead of just a parking lot, bathroom and launch area, you see a large building with a conference center and rustic lodge. Out back on a small peninsula in...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Okhissa land purchase enters first phase
By Adam Northam
A six-month clock is ticking for a regional economic development group’s plan to purchase and develop national forest land around Okhissa Lake in Franklin County.
With President Donald Trump’s signature of...
Tri-State Livestock News
Trump signs farm bill after ‘Green Acres’ tweet, cites SNAP restrictions
The Hagstrom Report
In a signing ceremony that included remarks on many other topics, President Donald Trump today signed a new five-year farm bill and praised a cutback in food stamp...
News Mississippi
Congress moves on Criminal Justice Reform
By Alex Paton
Legislation to improve the criminal justice system has been passed in Washington.
Mississippi Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for the “First Step Act” which they say will address a number of...
USA Today
Senate passes First Step Act with push from criminal justice groups; bill goes to House
By Deborah Barfield Berry
WASHINGTON – Alex Gudich and the team from #cut50 weren’t taking any votes for granted. They spent Tuesday knocking on the doors of senators and urging them to support...
Homeland Preparedness News
Republican lawmakers introduce bill to put financial pressure on Iran
By Dave Kovaleski
U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced a bill that would counter Iranian money laundering and financing of terrorism.
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