BOULDER, Colorado, Sept. 26 -- The Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences issued the following news: * * * New online tool supports drought resilience across the Mississippi River Basin CIRES staff were instrumental in developing the new dashboard that helps communities mitigate the impacts of drought and low water * The Mississippi River provides drinking water for millions of Americans, supports hundreds of fish and bird species, and is one of the world's most import  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Ferroglobe USA Inc. and Mississippi Silicon LLC, the only remaining producers of silicon metal in the U.S., have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding the 2025 Draft List of Critical Minerals. The companies expressed strong support for the Department of the Interior's designation of silicon as a critical mineral, urging that this classification be upheld in the final iteration of the list. Silicon, as outlined by the organizat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES RELOCATION OF METRO JACKSON OFFICE TO RIDGELAND * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the relocation of her Jackson metropolitan office to a more accessible location in Madison County, a move intended to better serve constituents in central Mississippi. The new office is located at 1020 Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 203, Ridgela  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The Mississippi Bankers Association (MBA) has submitted a public comment letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) addressing the urgent issue of payments fraud. As financial scams continue to escalate across the nation, the MBA underscored the necessity for collaboration among all stakeholders in the banking sector to effectively combat the growing thre  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 25, 2025: * * * Ranking Member Thompson Statement on Trump's Missing in Action FEMA Head Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement on media reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) 'Acting' Administrator was unreachable in the a  more