WDAM – GOP gubernatorial candidate Waller attends Shelby retiree day
One of the candidates for Mississippi governor was at Camp Shelby Thursday for an annual National Guard Retiree Day ceremony.
Retired Mississippi Supreme Court chief justice and Republican candidate Bill Waller, Jr. attended the event at the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
Waller served in the National Guard for 30 years and just retired from the state’s High Court in January.
Wicker comments on POTUS’ nomination for Defense Secretary
My full statement on @realDonaldTrump’s choice of Patrick Shanahan to be the next Secretary of Defense. https://t.co/j8jbfxuaWn pic.twitter.com/ibA5jbyQMl
— Senator Roger Wicker (@SenatorWicker) May 9, 2019
WTVA – Former Attorney: Sheriff urged me to dismiss supervisor’s DUI charge
CLARION LEDGER – Andy Gipson: Out-of-state interests mobilizing against Mississippi’s working forests
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, they call themselves the “Dogwood Alliance” – and they’re against pretty much anything that comes from the forest.
In March, the group’s executive director penned an op-ed in The Hill, a Washington D.C. publication, arguing against using trees for building products, paper, packaging, or energy. They effectively oppose the entire forest products industry, which supports more than 2 million jobs nationwide.
Now, they’re coming here.
This month, Dogwood and their out-of-state allies will travel to Mississippi to protest the construction of a renewable wood energy facility in Lucedale set to create 100 direct jobs and hundreds more indirect and related jobs in George County, while increasing earning potential for local landowners.
Hyde-Smith uses maiden US Senate speech to honor Biloxi officer, highlight flooding in MS
Today in my official maiden speech to the Senate, I paid tribute to fallen Biloxi Police Officer Robert McKeithen, who was killed in the line of duty on Sunday. pic.twitter.com/N1kZMFHHCZ
— U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (@SenHydeSmith) May 9, 2019
I also used my maiden speech to focus attention on victims of flooding in Mississippi to stress the need for a more responsive federal government that meets the needs of all Americans. pic.twitter.com/JUQ2bb0liY
— U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (@SenHydeSmith) May 9, 2019
Hosemann endorsed by MS Automobile Dealers Association
Looking forward to working with the Mississippi Automobile Dealers Association! pic.twitter.com/cd6RgzFpPN
— Delbert Hosemann (@DelbertHosemann) May 9, 2019
Congressman Thompson takes on Facebook
New reporting shows Facebook has been *auto-generating* terrorist/extremist content.
It’s yet another example of the company’s “inability to manage its own platforms — & the extent to which it needs to clean up its act,” says Chairman @BennieGThompson. https://t.co/VBWKVQOq8s
— House Homeland Security Committee (@HomelandDems) May 9, 2019
CLARION LEDGER – Ex-Kemper plant manager says execs ignored her warnings: “It was essentially a coverup”
Kelli Williams said the feds haven’t contacted her yet.
But if they called, Williams said she would tell them about the deceit, fraud and cover-up she saw firsthand.
Williams was a construction manager at the Kemper County power plant, which is now the subject of a second federal probe.
The plant was supposed to use new technology to burn cheap, wet coal found in eastern Mississippi without sending plumes of smoke into the atmosphere.
Leaders across the globe watched the years-long project to see whether “clean coal” was truly feasible.
It was a $7.5 billion flop.
Magnolia Tribune
