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John R. Smith, chairman of Transportation for America, on Monday spoke to the Hancock County Board of Supervisors about Gov. Phil Bryant's recent request for matching funds from the three coastal counties for restoring passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast. Smith said that he provides policy advice to the Southern Rail Commission, which was created by Congress to support freight and passenger rail issues in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Days of conflicting and misleading statements from President Donald Trump and his top aides have fueled new questions about the White House's credibility, sowing mistrust and instability within the West Wing and leaving some congressional Republicans wondering if they have a good faith negotiating partner in the president. One former congressional GOP leadership aide said it was becoming impossible for Republicans to negotiate anything with White House officials, given the president's willingness to undermine his own team's public and private assurances.
Mississippi's Republican governor took himself out of the mix Tuesday for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Thad Cochran, saying he'll find another strong contender to keep the seat firmly in GOP hands for decades, as Cochran did. "There's something nefarious about the idea of a governor appointing himself.
RIDGELAND, Miss: C Spire is celebrating a big anniversary this month - 30 years of inspired service as one of the nation's leading telecommunications and technology services providers and its evolution into one of the leading broadband companies in the U.S. The Ridgeland-based firm, which changed its brand name from Cellular South to C Spire in 2011, was launched 30 years ago on Feb. 4, 1988 in Gulfport on the Mississippi Gulf Coast with completion of the first call on its wireless network between former Ole Miss and New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning and then U.S. Rep. Trent Lott.
When truck driver Chris Gromek wants to know what's really going on in Washington, he scans the internet and satellite radio. He no longer flips TV channels because networks such as Fox News and MSNBC deliver conflicting accounts tainted by politics, he says.
Dems push for more money to fight opioids Study: ObamaCare bills backed by Collins would lower premiums Right scrambles GOP budget strategy MORE Addison Mitchell McConnell GOP strategist donates to Alabama Democrat McConnell names Senate GOP tax conferees Brent Budowsky: A plea to Alabama voters MORE next year, but it may be tougher to strike deals with her after McConnell failed to fulfill a pledge on health care. The moderate senator told reporters this month that she had an "ironclad" commitment from McConnell and Vice President Pence to pass legislation by the end of the year to stabilize ObamaCare premiums.
Into a divided pop culture landscape, "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" has arrived as an apparently unifying force, crushing the box office in its opening weekend and drawing raves from film critics . But the praise for the ninth film in the 40-year-old space saga isn't universal: Plenty of people say the latest "Star Wars" installment is riddled with problems - and many of those folks hail from the right side of the aisle.
The 3,700 employees at Nissan's factory in Mississippi have seen the anti-union company videos. They've been lobbied by their supervisors, lectured by politicians and visited at home by union organizers.
The slander of President Ronald Reagan's legacy by liberal gay activists continues. After ignoring his influence in stopping California's Prop 6 as governor, President Reagan is painted as a homophobe unwilling to acknowledge or help gays during the height of the AIDS crisis.
FBI Director James Comey's announcement Friday that the bureau had reopened its investigation of the classified information in Hillary Clinton 's emails could scramble the already-tightening battle for control of the White House and Senate. "Two Fridays before Election Day leaves a lot of time for people still deciding and for voters to change their minds from what they may have been intending," said Mark Serrano, a GOP strategist who has worked on presidential campaigns since 1987.
No matter which party wins the White House in November, attention could quickly turn to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue if the Senate finds itself in unusual - but not unprecedented - territory. CNN's analysis of this year's competitive races raise the possibility that the 100-member chamber could be evenly split next year with 50 members caucusing with each of the two parties.
Declaring summer is officially here, Chief Justice Sharon Lee and Tennessee Bar Association President William L. Harbison, have issued a joint proclamation announcing Seersucker Day for the legal community on That date marks the annual Bench Bar luncheon, which will be held in Nashville as part of both the Tennessee Judicial Conference and ... (more)