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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 29, 2020

MS Office of Tobacco Control Awarded Twice for Smokefree Efforts 

The Mississippi State Department of Health’s (MSDH) Office of Tobacco Control placed first in two main categories presented by the American Nonsmoker’s Rights (ANR) Foundation at its annual Smokefree Indoor Air Challenge and Voices for Smokefree Air Awards Ceremony: the Smokefree Air Challenge award and the Smokefree Air Challenge E-Cigarettes award. The virtual awards ceremony was established by ANR to acknowledge and recognize states that excel in passing 100 percent smokefree provisions in workplaces, restaurants, and bars.  Currently, Mississippi has 171 smokefree cities with the passage of comprehensive smokefree air ordinances, 137 of which…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 28, 2020

Wicker, Hyde-Smith welcome $25.9 million for water and wastewater upgrades in rural Mississippi

USDA Approves Loan/Grant Awards to 10 Rural Mississippi Communities U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of more than $25.9 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding to improve water and wastewater systems in 10 rural Mississippi communities. The funding for several communities and rural water associations…