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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Thursday March 26, 2026 ( 12 items )  

America First Legal Foundation Senior Counsel Rogers Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government released the following testimony by James Rogers, senior counsel of the America First Legal Foundation, from a March 18, 2026, hearing entitled "Immigration Policy by Court Order: The Adverse Effects of Plyler v. Doe": * * * Chairman Roy, Ranking Member Scanlon, and Members of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government: Thank you for the invitation to testify on this critical to  more

Attorney General Alan Wilson stands against woke DEI practices
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 25 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson stands against woke DEI practices * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson joined West Virginia and 16 other states supporting a challenge to the New Jersey State Bar Association's DEI quotas for its leadership board. The States argue that the N.J. State Bar Association is using the First Amendment as an excuse to discriminate based on rac  more

Capital Research Center: Students for a Democratic Society and the Birth of the New Left (Part 1 of 2)
WASHINGTON, March 26 (TNSxrep) -- Students for a Democratic Society and the birth of the New Left - A report from Capital Research Center InfluenceWatch - March 24, 2026 - Authored by Managing Editor and Director of Content Ken Braun: * * * Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the birth of the New Left SDS planted the seeds that grew into today's radical left. Editorial note: This is a reproduction of the InfluenceWatch profile of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). * * *   more

Cognito Therapeutics and Ochsner Health launch Brain Health Collaboratory to advance new care models for Alzheimer's disease
JEFFERSON, Louisiana, March 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Cognito Therapeutics and Ochsner Health launch Brain Health Collaboratory to advance new care models for Alzheimer's disease * CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and NEW ORLEANS - March 25, 2026 - Cognito Therapeutics, a late clinical-stage neurotechnology company pioneering non-invasive neuroprotective therapies in neurodegenerative diseases, today announced a collaboration with Ochsner He  more

Hagerty, Alsobrooks, Colleagues Reintroduce Main Street Depositor Protection Act
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Hagerty, Alsobrooks, Colleagues Reintroduce Main Street Depositor Protection Act * Updated bipartisan bill would expand deposit insurance coverage for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts WASHINGTON- Today, United States Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), along with Senators Jim Banks (R-IN), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), and Ruben Gallego (  more

Ignoring His Own Hypocrisy, Trump Votes By Mail While Trying to Narrow Opportunity for Others
WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Ignoring His Own Hypocrisy, Trump Votes By Mail While Trying to Narrow Opportunity for Others * WASHINGTON, DC - Despite the fact that voting by mail is safe, secure, and a convenient way for millions of Americans in both red states and blue states alike to exercise their right to vote, President Donald Trump has declared an all-out war on mail-in voting for others, but not himself. Over the we  more

McIver, Hirono, Blunt Rochester Lead Colleagues in Introducing Working Women's Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 25, 2026: * * * McIver, Hirono, Blunt Rochester Lead Colleagues in Introducing Working Women's Bill of Rights Today, U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D-NJ), along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM), and U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) led 16 of their colleagues in introduci  more

Ole Miss Launches AmeriCorps Program Mentoring Youth Statewide
OXFORD, Mississippi, March 26 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news: * * * Ole Miss Launches AmeriCorps Program Mentoring Youth Statewide Grisham-McLean Institute's newest initiative adds mentors to help middle and high schoolers succeed * University of Mississippi junior Lauren McKay changed her major three times before she found herself sitting across from a group of Oxford High School students, talking about geometry, strained relationships and how to push through th  more

Senators Blunt Rochester, Hirono & Representative McIver Lead Colleagues in Introducing Working Women's Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Blunt Rochester, Hirono & Representative McIver Lead Colleagues in Introducing Working Women's Bill of Rights U.S. Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.-10),along with Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.-3) and Chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.-3), led 16 of their c  more

Teach Plus Announces 4th Cohort of Teacher Leaders to Advocate for Student-Centered Issues at the National Level
BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 26 -- Teach Plus, an organization that empowers teachers to take leadership over key policy and practice issues that affect their students' success, issued the following news release: * * * Teach Plus Announces 4th Cohort of Teacher Leaders to Advocate for Student-Centered Issues at the National Level Washington, D.C. -- Teach Plus, a national nonprofit that empowers teachers to lead student-centered improvements in educational policy and instructional practice, h  more

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Director Squires Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee
WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet released the following testimony by John Squires, under secretary of commerce for intellectual property and director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, from a March 25, 2026, hearing on the oversight of the agency: * * * I. Introduction Chairman Issa, Ranking Member Johnson, Chairman Jordan, Ranking Member Raskin, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you  more

USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * USDA Announces Availability of Low-Interest Physical Loss Loans for Producers Affected by Natural Disasters * Administrator's Physical Loss Notification N1932 in Arkansas Physical loss loans through the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) can help producers repair or replace damaged or destroyed physical property essential to the suc  more