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August 10, 2012

Wicker Calls on Administration to Cut Corn-Ethanol Mandate as Prices Surge

Wicker Calls on Administration to Cut Corn-Ethanol Mandate as Prices Surge WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS), on Tuesday, joined a bipartisan group of Senators urging the Obama Administration to reduce the required amount of corn grain-ethanol for the Renewable Fuels Standard. In a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, 26 Senators cited…
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August 10, 2012

Threatened with lawsuit, Miss. agriculture museum processing application for same-sex ceremony

Threatened with lawsuit, Miss. agriculture museum processing application for same-sex ceremony Faced with the threat of a federal lawsuit, Mississippi officials have relented on a ban on same-sex commitment ceremonies at a state-owned museum and are processing a permit for two women. The Southern Poverty Law Center sent a letter to the Mississippi Agriculture and…