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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
October 4, 2021

AG Lynn Fitch defends Mississippi’s sovereignty at the Supreme Court over state water rights

Mississippi has asked for nearly $600 million in damages, saying that Tennessee violated the State’s sovereignty. Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, Mississippi v. Tennessee, a dispute over Memphis Light, Gas & Water’s syphoning more than 400 billion gallons of water from Mississippi groundwater for their own use and…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
October 4, 2021

Senators Wicker and Hyde-Smith cosponsor Afghanistan Accountability Act

The legislation outlines a list of requirements to guide the American response to the aftermath of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.  U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have cosponsored comprehensive legislation, Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act (S.2863), which addresses outstanding issues related to the Biden administration’s withdrawal of the U.S. from Afghanistan.…