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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
December 5, 2018

SALTER: Bush’s long friendship with Montgomery served Mississippi and both men well

By: Sid Salter George Herbert Walker Bush and Gillespie V. “Sonny” Montgomery were both elected to Congress on Nov. 8, 1966 and both took office on Jan. 3, 1967. Unknown to either of them at the time, it was the beginning of a long and meaningful friendship. As freshmen in Congress, central Mississippi’s Montgomery, the…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
December 4, 2018

Mississippi lawmakers announce $14.1 million USDA rural development award for New Albany wastewater plant

USDA Provides $29.4 Million in Loan & Grant Awards for Water & Wastewater Projects in State U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Representative Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) today praised the approval of a $14.1 million loan and grant package from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will allow the City of New…