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Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 30, 2019

U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Passes Away

U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), who represented Mississippi in Congress for more than 45 years, passed away peacefully early Thursday morning in Oxford.  Services are pending. Cochran, a Navy veteran who eventually served as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, resigned from the Senate in April 2018 due to health concerns.…
Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 29, 2019

Governor Phil Bryant signs major legislative conservative reforms into law

On Wednesday at the Capitol, Governor Phil Bryant signed four different bills into law. The include: The Criminal Justice Reform, School Safety Act, Landowner Protection Act and Tourism Promotion Act. He was joined by other lawmakers and business people. Criminal Justice Reform The first bill signed by the Governor on Wednesday morning was the Criminal…