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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
September 14, 2020

Hyde-Smith backs resolution recognizing September as Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week joined Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) in introducing a resolution recognizing September as Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Awareness Month. SCD is a genetic disorder that affects approximately 100,000 Americans, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.  There are at least 2,500 African Americans in Mississippi living with…
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
September 14, 2020

Election fraud remains a real concern, and Mississippi has taken steps to combat it

Concerns over election fraud have increased in recent months as mail-in voting has been expanded in various states during the pandemic.  A prevailing media narrative is that election fraud is largely a partisan claim Republicans use to suppress Democrat turnout.   Reuters recently asserted as much in an article entitled, “How a small group of U.S.…