WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * Chicago CBP officers seize 43,200 illicit vaping products * CHICAGO- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Chicago recently seized pallets of illicit vaping products for violating the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The shipment originated from China and was destined to an address in Mississippi. Officers at Chicago's Central Examination Stati  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Nov. 6 -- Vanderbilt University posted the following news: * * * Claire Smrekar, school desegregation and school choice expert, retires in December * Smrekar's work has shaped desegregation plans and school choice policies throughout her 34-year career at Vanderbilt Peabody College. By Jenna Somers Claire Smrekar was well acquainted with Cleveland, Mississippi. She had traveled to the 12,000-person town several times to interview families and school district leaders  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH PRAISES ADMINISTRATION FOR ADDING PHOSPHATE TO U.S. CRITICAL MINERALS LIST * Miss. Senator Sought Inclusion of Key Fertilizer Ingredient to Stabilize Markets, Bring Production Home WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the Trump administration and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum for adding phosphate, a critical fertilizer ingredient for Mississip  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, MARSHALL DROP BILL TO ALLOW ONLINE BEEF, POULTRY SALES ACROSS STATE LINES * DIRECT Act Would Help Livestock Producers by Opening New Direct-to-Consumer Sales WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation to create new opportunities for online direct-to-consumer meat and poultry sales fo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, WICKER HONOR DELTA STATE CENTENNIAL WITH U.S. SENATE RESOLUTION * Miss. Senators Introduce Commemorative Resolution in Conjunction with University's Celebration WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today introduced a Senate resolution honoring the 100th anniversary of the founding of Delta State University in conjunction with the  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Nov. 7 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Ole Miss BASE Earns Prestigious Recognition Program joins University Sales Center Alliance * The University of Mississippi's Business Analytics, Sales and Supply Chain Excellence program has joined University Sales Center Alliance as an associate member. It joins a select group of institutions dedicated to advancing sales education and professional development. This acknowledgment from the allianc  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Wicker Combats Persecution of Christians in China * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., joined multiple efforts in Congress to combat the rise of persecution against Christians in China. Wicker, along with Senators Ted Budd, R-N.C., and James Lankford, R-Okla., led a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urging the State Department to address the mistreatment of Christians by t  more