Open to Traffic

The DeSoto Times-Tribune

Open to Traffic

By Robert Lee Long and Bob Bakken

With a crowd of more than 700 gathered underneath a highway overpass on a chilly, blustery morning, the final completed segment of the nation's newest superhighway, I-269, was opened to the public amid fanfare and soaring...

Grant to Help Support Workforce Training in Mississippi

WTVA-TV Tupelo
 
Grant to Help Support Workforce Training in Mississippi
 
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) made the announcement Tuesday.
 
By Zac Carlisle
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVA) - Almost $1 million will help ensure Mississippi increases its access to skilled workers for the state’s...

Gold Star families honored at 40th annual Salute to the Military

WLOX-TV Biloxi
 
Gold Star families honored at 40th annual Salute to the Military
 
VIDEO
 
By Ray Price
 
BILOXI, MS (WLOX) - For four decades, South Mississippi has been saluting the military. This year, the 40th annual Salute to the Military placed special attention on Gold Star families, honoring...

Ducks in the Crosshairs

CQ Magazine
 
Ducks in the Crosshairs
 
By Jonathan Miller
 
Duck hunters of the world, rejoice. In September, a bill that would extend duck-hunting season in the U.S. passed the House.
 
The bill (HR 6013) would allow the secretary of the Interior to designate Jan. 31 as the final date for the...

President Trump signs ‘Music Modernization Act’

News Mississippi
 
President Trump signs ‘Music Modernization Act’
 
By Steven Gagliano
 
President Trump has signed the ‘Music Modernization Act’, which Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith says will benefit Mississippi.
 
The act, which Hyde-Smith co-sponsored, reforms music copyright and licensing laws to...