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Federation president praises lawmakers for Farm Bill effort

MBJ Staff — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:44:54 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) leadership is commending U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss) and his staff for their diligent work to reach a solid compromise on a Senate Farm Bill package. Yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry passed a piece of farm legislation that garnered a 15-5 vote. [...]

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Senator quizzes NASA administrator about test stand

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:31:01 +0000

HANCOCK COUNTY – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) wants NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to continue providing Congress information that will help ensure the upgrade of the Stennis Space Center’s B-2 test stand remains on schedule. Cochran addressed the NASA budget at a Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing where Bolden provided testimony on [...]

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Senator ‘encourages’ FDA administrator to start catfish inspections

MBJ Staff — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:07:03 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has encouraged the head of the Food and Drug Administration to work with her federal counterparts to implement a catfish inspection program that ensures foreign imports are safe for consumers. Cochran addressed the catfish inspection issue, as well as impending menu nutrition labeling regulations, during a Senate [...]

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Analysis: Challenge pending to anti-spoofing law

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:05:05 +0000

Mississippi enacted a law outlawing “phone spoofing” in 2010. Other states and Congress have since enacted similar laws. Backers of the laws say caller ID “spoofing” is a growing threat to people because of new technology making it cheap and easy to change the name and number that phone call recipients see on caller ID. [...]

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Senators lobbying House to pass BP oil spill bill

MBJ Staff — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:36:53 +0000

MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are hoping the House of Representatives will look favorably on “overwhelming” Senate support for legislation that will direct fines from the BP oil spill to Mississippi and other Gulf Coast states. The Senate yesterday approved (74-22) the Moving Ahead for Progress in [...]

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Santorum, congressional incumbents win primaries

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:43:49 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Rick Santorum won Republican presidential primaries in Alabama and Mississippi but he didn’t gain any ground in the race for delegates against frontrunner Mitt Romney. Romney wiped out Santorum’s gains by winning caucuses in Hawaii and American Samoa Tuesday. For the day, Romney added at least 41 delegates and Santorum won at [...]

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Jobless rate dips in November

Associated Press — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:31:18 +0000

Mississippi’s unemployment rate dipped to 10.5 in November, as some people gave up looking for jobs. That’s down from 10.6 percent in October, but above the 10.2 percent rate in November 2010. Mississippi remains tied for the third-highest jobless rate among the states. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show the number of unemployed people fell [...]

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Burnham to propose new law for failing school districts

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:08:49 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi State Superintendent Tom Burnham said yesterday he would propose a law to allow the state to either forcibly merge or require new elections in failing school districts, because the current reform system does not work. “We will bring forward legislation this year to end conservatorship,” Burnham said at an orientation for newly [...]

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Navy christens submarine Mississippi in Groton

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:59:15 +0000

GROTON, Conn. — With the smash of a champagne bottle, the Navy christened its newest submarine on Saturday as the Mississippi, the ninth member of a new generation of attack subs hailed as the world’s most complex pieces of machinery. A Navy band struck up “Anchors Aweigh” as the submarine’s sponsor, a deputy assistant Navy [...]

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State’s GOP want judge to draw redistricting map

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:49:08 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Republican Party is asking federal judges to redraw the state’s four U.S. House districts before the 2012 elections. In court papers filed this month, the party said there’s “no likelihood” that legislators will handle congressional redistricting on time. The next regular legislative session begins Jan. 3. That’s 10 days before the [...]

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