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OUR OPINION: Good news aplenty throughout region

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
 
OUR OPINION: Good news aplenty throughout region
 
From a generous anonymous donation to help a family in need to critical grant funding being awarded for Mississippi, there was plenty of good news to share last week throughout the region.
 
Before we...

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Take Five: Cindy Hyde-Smith

Roll Call - Heard on the Hill

Take Five: Cindy Hyde-Smith

The first woman to represent Mississippi in the Senate wants to be an example for others

By Alex Gangitano

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, 59, a Mississippi Republican, was sworn in on April 9 to replace Sen. Thad Cochran, who resigned for...

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Hyde-Smith votes to change senate rules to speed up confirmation process

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Hyde-Smith votes to change senate rules to speed up confirmation process
 
By Alex Paton
Posted on April 26, 2018
 
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith voted to advance a resolution to change Senate rules and overcome partisan foot-dragging on judicial and executive branch nominations.
 
Hyde...

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Mississippi Leaders On Jerusalem Embassy Opening

Mississippi Public Broadcasting

Mississippi Leaders On Jerusalem Embassy Opening

By Ezra Wall

Mississippi's Congressional Delegation is responding to the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. MPB's Ezra Wall reports.

Mississippi's newest U.S. Senator calls Jerusalem "the cultural and...

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Bill to designate Medgar Evers home national monument introduced

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Bill to designate Medgar Evers home national monument introduced

By Adam McWilliams

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced a bill Monday that would make the home of slain civil rights icon Medgar Evers a national monument and would make...

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Evers home first Mississippi civil rights site declared landmark

Clarion-Ledger, Jackson

Evers home first Mississippi civil rights site declared landmark

By Jerry Mitchell

The house where Medgar and Myrlie Evers lived with their family will receive a plaque Thursday recognizing its National Historic Landmark Designation.

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers House is...

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Senators Challenge FCC Rural Broadband Map

Broadcasting & Cable

Senators Challenge FCC Rural Broadband Map

By John Eggerton

Senators from both sides of the aisle are expressing concerns about the coverage map the FCC is planning to use to decide where to put more than $4.5 billion in rural broadband subsidies, and they want more time to...

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Trump nominates retired Pike County sheriff to be US marshal

Clarion-Ledger, Jackson
 
Trump nominates retired Pike County sheriff to be US marshal
 
Special to the Clarion Ledger
 
Retired Pike County sheriff Mark B. Shepherd of McComb is President Trump’s nominee for U.S. marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi.
 
If confirmed, Shepherd, who served...

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