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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
September 22, 2021

SALTER: Legislative redistricting remains an intensely political, intensely partisan exercise

By: Sid Salter With Census data compiled, state legislatures across the country are engaged in the intensely political, intensely partisan exercise of legislative redistricting for both congressional districts and state legislative districts. There are few exercises in state government more important and more impactful than the redistricting process. It can have partisan impacts that last…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
September 21, 2021

Hyde-Smith seeks commitment that Interior Dept. rules won’t make offshore energy production unfeasible

Hyde-Smith questions Land and Minerals Management nominee on compliance with Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith seemed a commitment from the Biden administration, now under court order to allow offshore energy leasing, that they will not attempt to impose policies that make future leasing economically unfeasible. Today during a Senate Energy and Natural…