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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
April 1, 2020

Today is Census day, don’t forget to be counted

Today is Census day, the reminder day to be counted in the 2020 U.S. Census. Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau is tasked with counting all the people residing in the United States. Headed up by Mississippi’s Secretary of State’s office, their mission is to ensure that Mississippi gets its fair share of federal…
Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 1, 2020

SALTER: U.S. Sen. Wicker played a leading role in writing the $2.2 trillion CARES Act legislation

By: Sid Salter Most Mississippians are aware of the heroic role that the late Republican Mississippi U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran played in 2005 in literally saving Mississippi and the rest of Gulf Coast by wrestling a $29 billion Hurricane Katrina relief package from his reluctant Capitol Hill colleagues. Cochran had assumed the powerful chairmanship of…