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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
April 20, 2021

Mississippi lawmaker puts effort behind early voting ballot initiative

Representative McCray has filed a petition with the Secretary of State’s office promote early voting in Mississippi. State Representative Hester McCray (D-HD 40) said she first began hearing constituents complain about lack of early voting when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. She received calls from locals asking why their close neighbors to the North in Memphis…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 20, 2021

Hyde-Smith Confident of EPA Commitment to Yazoo Pumps as ‘Environmental Justice’ Project

Senator Focuses on Miss. Delta Need at Appropriations Hearing on Administration’s Infrastructure Plans U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today identified the uncompleted Yazoo Backwater Area pumps as “one of the most egregious environmental injustices” as she sought continued Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cooperation on the project under the Biden administration. Hyde-Smith broached the issue at…