Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

DeSoto County News

Senators urge investigation completion of pharmacy benefit managers

October 14, 2022  Bob Bakken 
 
Lawmakers seek commitment to finish probe into schemes linked to high prescription drug costs

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is part of a bipartisan effort to ensure the...

Mississippi receives $4.5 million through COPS program

WJTV-TV Jackson

Mississippi receives $4.5 million through COPS program

By Jaylan Wright

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) reported Mississippi received $4.5 million through the Department of Justice Community Oriented...

Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era

Roll Call 

Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era

The state, 34th in population, nonetheless received more than $50 million worth of health-focused earmarks in 2022

By Lauren Clason

Mississippi, the country’s poorest state and its second unhealthiest, was one of the top...

Senate NDAA debate could have something for everyone

Roll Call 
 
Senate NDAA debate could have something for everyone

Amendments included in revised version touch on immigration, health care and more

By John M. Donnelly and Mark Satter

Corrected Oct. 14 | Several weeks from now, the National Defense Authorization Act will probably become law for...

Daylight Saving ends Sunday; is this the last time?

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Daylight Saving ends Sunday; is this the last time?

By Daily Leader Staff

A Senate-passed bill will make this Sunday the final time Mississippians set their clocks back to end Daylight Saving Time.

If the U.S. House of Representatives passes it and the president signs it...