DeSoto County News
Murphy to take flight as an Air Force Academy cadet
By Bob Bakken
When the Class of 2022 at Lewisburg High School receives their diplomas later this spring, the many students will take and fly off in definite directions as they pursue their future plans, whether it be college...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
As state COVID-19 cases fall, lawmakers stop vaccine mandates
By Angela Cutrer
The Mississippi Legislator has been grappling with COVID-19 vaccination requirements concerning the federal government’s mandate over states’ employees’ vaccination statuses.
Now both the...
Delta Democrat Times (Greenville, MS)
GSA Awards Courthouse Contract
By Staff Reports
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announces the award of the construction contract for the new U.S. Courthouse in Greenville to Robins & Morton. The new Federal courthouse will provide the Judiciary...
Y’all Politics
Mississippi lawmakers vote to prohibit state, local governments from imposing COVID vaccine mandate
By Anne Summerhays
Both the Mississippi House and Senate have now voted to adopt the conference report on House Bill 1509, a bill prohibiting state and local governments from...
WJTV-TV Jackson
$1.2M grant to support Mississippi manufacturing
By Biancca Ball
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced a $1.2 million Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) grant for a Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) program. The...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Hyde-Smith, colleagues press for info on U.S. support of Ukraine
By Brett Campbell
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), of Brookhaven, is among a bipartisan group of Senators who are pressing National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan to produce details on the speed...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
With questions for FEMA, MS senators fight to halt April flood insurance hike. Here’s how.
By Gautama Mehta
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith today introduced a bill to protect homeowners from flood insurance rate hikes resulting from a planned overhaul of the National Flood...
Florida Daily
Marco Rubio Backs Cindy Hyde Smith’s Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act
By Kevin Derby
This week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., threw his support behind U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s, R-Miss., “Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act.”
Rubio...
The Hill
Bipartisan group of senators requests specifics on defense aid provided to Ukraine
By Caroline Vakil
A bipartisan group of senators requested specifics from the Biden administration on the defense aid that the United States has provided to Ukraine since Russia began its invasion into...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
‘Cherry Blossom princess’ heads to DC
By Angela Cutrer
Whitney Bailey Moak, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward Sidney Moak Sr. of Brookhaven, has been named a Cherry Blossom princess for 2022. She leaves today for the event.
“I am incredibly grateful to the Mississippi...
