JACKSON, Mississippi, June 20 -- The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Today, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the 165th Mississippi State Fair will be held Thursday, October 3, through Sunday, October 13, at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson. For the first time ever, fairgoers can purchase their tickets online ahead of the 2024 State Fair. "We are excited to announce that tickets to t  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 19 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news: A federal judge has sided with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issuing a preliminary injunction against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) attempt to hijack the protections of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. In May, the Attorneys General filed the complaint against the EEOC and their attempt to impose a national abortion reg  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 19 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Governor Tate Reeves today announced that the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM) recently approved 24 broadband infrastructure projects to be funded by the Capital Projects Fund (CPF). BEAM anticipates additional CPF projects to be approved on a rolling basis throughout the summer. "We're working hard to expand broadband infrastructure to all   more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 19 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Gina Rico Mendez, an assistant research professor and research fellow at Mississippi State's Social Science Research Center, is representing the university during the 24th United Nations Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea on June 18. "The purpose of this event is identifying areas of intergovernmental and interagency coordination and cooperation, which is critical   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 20 -- Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson issued the following news release: The Mississippi Secretary of State's Office has received numerous questions regarding a press release (https://www.kennedy24.com/we_the_people_party_ballot_mississippi_nominate_kennedy) issued by the Kennedy campaign on June 17, 2024, citing We The People party has ballot access in Mississippi. Due to several false or misleading statements, our office has provided the following cla  more