WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell Introduces Bipartisan MARA Act to Strengthen Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture in the U.S. * Today, Representatives Mike Ezell (R-MS-04), Ed Case (D-HI-01), Kat Cammack (R-FL-03), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) introduced the Marine Aquaculture Research and Advancement (MARA) Act of 2025, a bipartisan bill that empowers the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to expand offshor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 [Category: Political] -- Giffords, an organization dedicated to saving lives from gun violence, issued the following news release: * * * GIFFORDS responds to shootings killing 12 over weekend, calls on state leaders to act WASHINGTON -- GIFFORDS, the national gun violence prevention group led by former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, released the following statement after 12 people were killed, and dozens injured, in multiple shootings over the weekend. In Mississippi, a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 -- Thomas M. Huebner Jr., president of Meridian Community College, Mississippi, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging the agency not to apply the proposed Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey to community colleges. The president stated that imposing the requirements on open-access institutions would divert limited resources away from students and toward data collection that serves no practical purpose. The l  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 15 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU CAVS Extension to lead technical delivery of BOOST MS Pilot Program in partnership with MMA-MEP, AccelerateMS CANTON, Miss.--Mississippi State's Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems Extension, in collaboration with the Mississippi Manufacturers Association-Manufacturing Extension Partnership, or MMA-MEP, and AccelerateMS, is announcing the BOOST MS Pilot Program to guide small and medium-siz  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a nominations hearing at 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 16, 2025, at 216 Hart Senate Office Building: AGENDA I. NOMINEES a. Robert P. Chamberlin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi b. James D. Maxwell II, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi c. Thomas Albus, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri d. James K  more