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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 19, 2020

Hyde-Smith Urges USDA Flexibility on School Meals, Nutritional Support as Classes Resume

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among 20 Senators urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to exercise flexibility to ensure the availability of meals and other child nutrition benefits as schools open in Mississippi and around the country. Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee, signed a…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 19, 2020

Jackson leaders discuss banning gun shows, but can they?

A faction from the Jackson City Council is publicly making known their opposition to gun shows in the city, and floating the possibility of banning them. Just a week ago, Councilman Aaron Banks, in an op-ed, said that the city “must address gun shows and ensure that tougher penalties are put in place for those…