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June 7, 2018

Weaponizing “scorecards” and the folks that lie about them

by Alan Lange On Tuesday, a McDaniel press release published at Keith Plunkett’s MississippiPEP referenced an immigration watchdog/advocacy group called NumbersUSA who had rated Cindy Hyde-Smith with a “D” on their legislative scorecard. The piece even had a spiffy title – “Groups Scoring Cindy Hyde-Smith Show Votes More in Line With Liberals Than Conservatives.”  Curiously, the…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 7, 2018

Trump Administration Announces $5.9 Million in Construction Projects Approved for Mississippi

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced $5.9 million in funding approved to rebuild critical national park infrastructure in Mississippi. The funds will go to stabilize the railroad Redoubt Earthworks in Vicksburg National Military Park. This is part of $256 million going to a list of projects across the National Park Service to…