WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell, Carbajal Bipartisan Bill to Bolster American Shipping Fleet Passes House * Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Mike Ezell (R-MS-04) and Ranking Member Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) announced their bipartisan American Cargo for American Ships Act passed the House of Representatives. The legislation will strengthen U.S. cargo preference laws to stop the ongoing decline of  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE SMALLER STATES' STAKE IN NIH RESEARCH * Bill Would Reauthorize Program, Broaden Geographical Scope of NIH Research Awards WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her legislation to reauthorize and strengthen a National Institutes of Health (NIH) program to improve U.S. biomedical research capacity by distributing   more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 11 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU entomologists study expansion of Asian needle ant in Mississippi STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State University researchers are tracking the spread of the Asian needle ant, a non-native species expanding across the Southeastern U.S., including parts of Mississippi. Native to Asia, the needle ant was recorded in the U.S. in the 1930s but has expanded significantly since the 2000s. "We first  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Trump Illegally Sending Marines and More National Guard Troops to Los Angeles (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on President Trump sending Marines and more National Guard to Los A  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Appoints Chris McDonald to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Mississippi * WASHINGTON, June 10, 2025-- The Trump Administration recently appointed Chris McDonald as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Mississippi. McDonald joined the Mississippi FSA team on June 2, 2025. "Wh  more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * WICKER, HYDE-SMITH DEMAND AN END TO BIDEN-ERA FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS * Miss. Senators Join Colleagues in Warning FEMA of Fallout for Homeowners, Communities Without Action WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined colleagues in demanding the Federal Emergency Management Agency end Risk Rating 2.0, the Biden-era flood insurance poli  more