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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 16, 2022

Congress considers legislation to finally make Daylight Saving Time permanent

Congress will have the final vote on passing a bill to make Daylight Savings Time, the standard for the entire year.  A bill co-authored by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) and Senator Marco Rubio (R) has passed in the United State’s Senate and now heads to Congress for a final vote. The bill would officially make…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
March 16, 2022

Wicker, Hyde-Smith introduce bill to improve tornado forecasting following devastating outbreak

The TORNADO Act would require the NOAA to update its methods for communicating alerts to residents in the surrounding areas. On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) joined colleagues in introducing the Tornado Observation Research Notification and Deployment to Operations (TORNADO) to improve the forecasting and understanding of tornadoes and other…