by MBJ Staff Published: June 18,2013
Tags: anti-dumping, construction, dumping, federal government, international trade, legislation, legislative, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, rebar
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are supporting a decision to maintain existing anti-dumping orders against unfairly subsidized imports of steel concrete rebar that harm American manufacturers. Cochran and Wicker in April signed a letter encouraging the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to extend the anti-dumping duties now imposed on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 14,2013
Tags: conflict of interest, ethics, health, health benefits, health care, health care reform, insurance, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, medical, medicine, state government
JACKSON — The Mississippi Ethics Commission has cleared the way for six Republican lawmakers to vote on Medicaid issues. The lawmakers sought ethics guidance because they have potential financial conflicts. The commission vote today was 5-3. The Republican votes could be important if Gov. Phil Bryant calls lawmakers into session later this month to keep [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 6,2013
Tags: air pollution, environment, federal agency, federal government, guidance, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, pollution, regulation, regulatory, Senator
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have renewed their fight to halt the Environmental Protection Agency from using regulatory guidance to expand the scope of the Clean Water Act. Cochran and Wicker are cosponsoring the Preserve the Waters of the U.S. Act (S.1006), which would prevent the EPA and U.S. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 5,2013
Tags: family, health, health benefits, health care reform, health carte, health insurance, insurance, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, low income, state government
JACKSON — Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature are proposing a way to provide health coverage to about 300,000 people without expanding Medicaid. They say Mississippi should enact a plan similar to what Arkansas is proposing — using federal money to help low-income people buy private health insurance. About two-dozen Democrats from the House and Senate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: attorney, elected official, election, lawmaker, lawyer, legislative, legislator, political campaign, politician, Politics, public official, state government, vote, voter, Voting
DIAMONDHEAD — Gulf Coast attorney Patricia Willis has won the state House of Representatives District 95 special election. Complete, but unofficial, returns show Willis received 52.4 percent of the vote in yesterday’s election to defeat three other candidates. The 60-year-old Willis, from Diamondhead, is an attorney and Waveland city prosecutor. House District 95 includes parts [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 21,2013
Tags: agriculture, ecosystem, environment, exempt, exemtion, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, federal government, legislation, legislative, legislator, p senator, pollution, water pollution, water quality, wildlife
WASHINGTON — Legislation to exempt small farms from Environmental Protection Agency fuel storage requirements has been incorporated into the Senate-passed Water Resources Development Act of 2013 (WRDA), according to a release from U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). The Senate passed WRDA legislation (S.601), and with it also approved all the provisions included in the Farmers [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 17,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, farm, farmer, farming, federal agency, federal government, food, food inspection, food safety, foreign fish, import, importer, importing, legislative, legislator, Senator
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has received word that the U.S. Department of Agriculture could complete a final rule for implementing a catfish inspection program by this October, Cochran reports in a release. Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, USDA undersecretary for food safety, today told Cochran the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is committed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 17,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, court, executive, federal government, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, law firm, lawyer, legal, legislative, minority, nominate, nomination, nominee, President, Senator
JACKSON — President Barack Obama has nominated attorney Debra M. Brown to be a U.S. District judge for northern Mississippi. If confirmed, Brown would be the first African-American woman to serve as a federal district judge in the state, said a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). “I congratulate Debra Brown on her historic [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: executive, federal government, judge, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, letter, poison, politician, Politics, President, ricin, Senator, terror, terrorism, terrorist
TUPELO — Newly released documents say the man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others appeared to try to evade authorities just days before his arrest. James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo was charged April 27 with making ricin, the substance mailed to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Lee County judge Sadie [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: bond, electricity, energy, executive, lawmaker, legislative, President, sale, sell, Senator, utility
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) says President Barack Obama’s plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority has already cost hundreds of millions of dollars — even if the nation’s largest public utility is never sold. The Tennessee Republican said TVA bonds lost about $500 million in value after the president’s announcement last [...] [...]
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