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May 11, 2022

SALTER: Leaked high court decision puts Mississippi center stage in nation’s abortion debate

By: Sid Salter As predicted months ago, Mississippi is now the epicenter of America’s divisive, bitter abortion rights debate. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Dec. 1, 2021, in the Mississippi case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization – Mississippi’s last remaining abortion provider. “Dobbs” is State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs, familiar to…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 11, 2022

Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith refuse to ban lead ammo and tackle on public lands

The Senators resisted pressure and sided with sportsmen in letter to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith joined with other colleagues in signing a letter which encourages the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director, Martha Williams, not to  restrict the use of lead ammo and tackle on public lands. The…