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February 8, 2017

MS Senate passes bill authored by state Sen. Wiggins to keep BP funds on Coast

Senate approves BP account for Coast The state Senate unanimously passed a bill to create a special account for BP oil disaster settlement money to ensure it is spent on the Coast, not inland. Sen. Brice Wiggins, R-Pascagoula, authored Senate Bill 2634 to create the Gulf Coast New Restoration Reserve fund, with others in the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 8, 2017

Cong. @GreggHarper, chair of US House Admin Committee, pushes to end Election Assistance Commission

Harper pushes to shut down federal election agency While President Trump is promising to launch an investigation into his belief that millions of illegal ballots were cast in 2016, the Republican-led House Administration Committee voted Tuesday to shut down the federal agency set up to help states improve their election systems. Rep. Gregg Harper, the Mississippi Republican…