Senator Wicker launches book donation program
From Press Reports Former first lady Laura Bush was wise to say, "The most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card." Our public libraries offer our communities more than shelves of books.
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Our Opinion: Good news found all across region last week
From local residents collecting donations for flood victims in Louisiana to a large donation of school supply kits to a local school, there was no shortage of good news throughout Northeast Mississippi last week. Before we prepare for the week ahead, let's take a look back at some of the highlights from last week: a Several groups and individuals in Northeast Mississippi worked to collect and deliver donations to the victims of flooding in Louisiana and south Mississippi.
RNC 2016: 10 observations from the convention’s 1st day
U.S. taxpayers shelled out millions of dollars for eight Republican investigations into the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, and every one concluded that then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bore no direct responsibility for the attack. The Senate Intelligence Committee said initial intelligence reports did mention protests against an anti-Muslim video.
Donald Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ attack on Elizabeth Warren …
It was a bad time for Sen. Cory Gardner to be caught in an elevator with a reporter. Donald Trump had just referred to Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as "Pocahontas" - again - and the Republican freshman from Colorado was struggling to figure out how to respond.
Senator insulted after Dem accuses GOP of being bought off by oil firms
A Republican senator called accusations that the GOP is owned by the fossil fuel industry "insulting" after a Democratic senator said the party has become the political wing of oil companies. In a hearing Thursday of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the impact of the Supreme Court's stay of President Obama's Clean Power Plan, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., used his five minutes of allotted time to read quotes from former Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., from a hearing in 1986.
Can Marco Rubio spend his way back into the Senate?
Republican Marco Rubio, the failed U.S. presidential contender, is battling to hold on to his U.S. Senate seat from Florida in what is shaping up to be the costliest congressional contest of 2016. More than $33 million has been raised and over $24 million spent so far by both parties in the Florida race, according to the latest U.S. Federal Election Commission data.