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May 31, 2018

Present!  We ain’t talking about Christmas gifts – it’s the art of not taking a stand

by Alan Lange The late Alan Nunnelee was notorious in both the Mississippi Senate and in the US House for saying, “let your yeas be a yea and your nays be a nay.” Voting “present” for legislation, as opposed to voting yes or no or just not voting, is known euphemistically in the chamber as…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 31, 2018

MSU President Mark Keenum: American farms cannot take another hit

US farming cannot afford to continue to fall behind In an opinion piece Keenum wrote for The Hill, he wrote, with the possibility of new trade tariffs striking a sensitive chord in rural America, farmers are increasingly concerned about global competitiveness and the threat of a possible trade war affecting their bottom line. Hopefully, Congress…