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Petal’s Taylor Selected For United States Senate Youth Program

Pine Belt News, Hattiesburg

Petal’s Taylor Selected For United States Senate Youth Program

By Haskel Burns

Shortly after applying for the United States Senate Youth Program – an intensive week-long educational experience for outstanding high school students who are interested in pursuing careers...

Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time

CBS News

Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time

By Caitlin O'Kane

Americans are about to "spring forward" and adjust their clocks for Daylight Saving Time, and a group of lawmakers wants to make it the last clock change ever. A bipartisan bill has been introduced...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR LEGISLATION TO HONOR EMMETT TILL’S LEGACY 

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COSPONSOR LEGISLATION TO HONOR EMMETT TILL’S LEGACY 

Miss. Senators Sponsor Bill to Establish Till’s Funeral Location as a National Historic Site

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday joined Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth to introduce legislation that would establish Chicago’s Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, the site of Emmett Till’s funeral in 1955, as a national historic site. 

“I am pleased to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT EFFORT TO RENAME TUPELO POST OFFICE FOR MISSISSIPPI VETERAN

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH SUPPORT EFFORT TO RENAME TUPELO POST OFFICE FOR MISSISSIPPI VETERAN

Senate Committee Advances Bill to Name Building After Vietnam War Veteran Colonel Carlyle 'Smitty' Harris

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cheered committee approval of legislation to rename the U.S. post office at 500 West Main Street in Tupelo after Mississippi native and Vietnam War Veteran Colonel Carlyle “Smitty” Harris.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith...

Mississippi’s Thomas is first woman to officiate a Super Bowl

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Mississippi’s Thomas is first woman to officiate a Super Bowl

By Brett Campbell 

A Mississippi native will be the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl game when the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet Sunday in Tampa for Super Bowl LV.

Sarah Bailey Thomas...

Border patrol to pay $21M for helicopters made in Miss.

WLBT-TV Jackson

Border patrol to pay $21M for helicopters made in Miss.

By Anthony Warren

COLUMBUS, Miss. (WLBT) - Helicopters built at a plant in Columbus could soon play a role in securing the U.S. border.

On Wednesday, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced that Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...

Mississippi pump project gets go-ahead, but needs funding

Associated Press

Mississippi pump project gets go-ahead, but needs funding

By Emily Wagster Pettus

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday gave the green light to long-debated flood control project in Mississippi. But the project still needs federal funding, and the start...