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September 21, 2017

Interior Secretary sends memo to @POTUS to consider Evers home a national monument

Memo: Consider civil rights home for national monument Mississippi civil rights sites, including the home of slain leader Medgar Evers, should be considered for national monument designation, the U.S. interior secretary says in a memo to President Donald Trump…. …Mississippi’s two Republican U.S. senators, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker, have been working with Democratic U.S.…
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September 21, 2017

State agencies seek more funding as #msleg budget hearings begin

State agencies to Legislature: Send more money More money is on the minds of many agency heads this week as lawmakers hear firsthand their budget proposals for next fiscal year. The 14 lawmakers who sit on the joint legislative budget committee will hear from 11 agency heads Thursday and Friday about how much money they’re…