WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corp.) issued the following news: * * * Book Now for Amtrak Mardi Gras Service starting August 18 * Amtrak Guest Rewards members get free trips faster on this new route MOBILE, Ala., and NEW ORLEANS - Tickets are now available for new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service starting Aug. 18 between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans, along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The new state-sponsored Amtrak Mardi Gras Service will offer conveni  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers hosts Lock and Dam 2 open house The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is hosting an open house at the Mississippi River Lock and Dam 2 in Hastings, Minnesota, July 19. Corps officials are hosting the free event from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., to allow people to get a behind-the-scenes view of the site while also getting a better understanding of   more

NEW YORK, July 1 (TNSjou) -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: * * * Online grocery program bridges food gap in rural Mississippi An article by PhD student Ivonne Quiroz and colleagues assesses an online grocery ordering service implemented in rural Mississippi, where food insecurity and poor health outcomes are prevalent. The Grocery Online Ordering Distribution Service (GOODS) program was launched in Sunf  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON TRUMP'S 'ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT' PASSAGE * Senate Approves Massive Tax and Spending Cuts, Along with Major Border, Defense, and Agriculture Investments VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Statement on Senate Passage of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement following her vote for  more

TUCKER, Georgia, July 2 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Poultry Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Researchers Evaluate Branched-Chain Amino Acid Interaction on Layer Production and Performance USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project from Mississippi State University on layer hen production and performance. Due to limited resources on the interaction and requirements of lower amino acids in the layer industry, researchers aimed to inve  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Wicker Statement on Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill * WASHINGTON - Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., released the following statement upon the Senate's passage of the reconcillation bill. "The Senate-passed reconciliation bill is an investment in the future of the United States. Through this legislation, the Senate secured a down payment on a generational upgrade for our nation's defense  more