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Customers can now know catfish origin

Ted Carter — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:43:54 +0000

Customers of Mississippi restaurants will now know whether the catfish on their late is domestically produced or is an imported variety of catfish-like pangasius, also sold as basa, tra and swai. Mississippi producers persuaded legislators this month to amend the state’s catfish Country of Origin Labeling law to require restaurants to also identify the origin [...]

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March 15, 2013- Ricky Nobile

Ricky Nobile — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:52:44 +0000

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This time Cochran brings more power to another swing at Farm Bill

Ted Carter — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:42:23 +0000

Chip Morgan of the Delta Council isn’t in the business of trying to predict what Congress will do. But of this he is certain: Thad Cochran, Mississippi’s senior senator, will be on hand when the Senate Agriculture Committee puts its final stamp on a new Farm Bill extension. As the Agriculture Committee’s new ranking member, [...]

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Cochran makes staff changes

MBJ Staff — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 04:42:19 +0000

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has made staff changes related to committee and personal staff, including the appointment of his chief of staff T.A. Hawks as Republican staff director for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. In appointing Hawks, Cochran also named as his new personal office chief of staff Bruce Evans, the [...]

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Bangladesh prime factor in Mississippi catfish woes – but producers wonder why

Ted Carter — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 06:01:41 +0000

Most Mississippians can tell you in detail how often farm-raised catfish end up on their dinner tables or the value of catfish farming to their state’s economy. But you’ll likely draw a blank stare if you ask them what Bangladesh has to do with Mississippi catfish farming. The real answer is that the tiny country [...]

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Navy thanks Cochran

MBJ Staff — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:09:26 +0000

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) recently received the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award from Navy Secretary Ray Mabus. The Secretary of the Navy presents the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award to civilians for service that benefits the Navy, Marine Corps and Department of the Navy.

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January 11, 2013- Ricky Nobile

Ricky Nobile — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 22:33:36 +0000

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State treasurer urges mandatory financial literacy training for Mississippi students

Ted Carter — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:19:38 +0000

The Mississippi Council on Economic Education got a boost on the 10th anniversary of its founding with a call from State Treasurer Lynn Fitch for the state’s public schools to add financial literacy as mandatory instruction. Four states — Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri and Utah — require a semester of instruction in personal finance. “We need [...]

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Analysis: 2012 not stressful for incumbents

Emily W. Pettus — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:06 +0000

This is a comfortable election year to be a sitting U.S. representative, U.S. senator or appellate judge in Mississippi. Incumbents have raised far more campaign cash than challengers, adding to their built-in advantage of name recognition. Judicial candidates are extremely limited in what they’re allowed to say, so it’s tough for a challenger to pick [...]

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Community Bancshares executives talk with lawmakers

MBJ Staff — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:33 +0000

Freddie J. Bagley, president and CEO of Community Bancshares Inc., and Chuck Nicholson, COO of Community Bancshares, visited the nation’s capital recently to voice their concerns about how current banking proposals could impact the local economy. The visit was part of the American Bankers Association’s annual Government Relations Summit. Bagley and Nicholson met with Senators [...]

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