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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 28, 2021

SALTER: State’s casinos showing record growth as pent-up demand drives overflow crowds

By: Sid Salter How ready were gamblers to return to Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos after COVID and the resulting shutdowns? Big time ready, it would seem. Back in 2007, as the Gulf Coast began to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, one of the early signs of recovery was when the Coast casinos earned $124.7 million in…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
July 27, 2021

Sen. Hyde-Smith expresses dissatisfaction with Interior Dept. on inaction on offshore energy leases

At Hearing, Senator Challenges Interior Sec. on Complying with Federal Ruling to Resume Lease Sales Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) expressed dissatisfaction with a lack of action to resume offshore energy leasing by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. A federal court recently overruled President Biden’s executive order to “pause” the new lease sales. During the Energy and…