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June 24, 2020

Hyde-Smith decries irresponsible blocking of JUSTICE Act by Senate Democrats

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today decried Senate Democrats’ decision to deny Senate debate on significant police reform legislation, asserting that blocking the bill leaves the nation with “irresponsible demands to defund the police, destruction of public property, and violence.” Just one week after the introduction of the JUSTICE Act (S.3985), Democrats blocked a procedural…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 24, 2020

Howard re-elected to PERS Board of Trustees, McCoy voted vice chair

Chris Howard, of Madison and executive director of the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services, has been re-elected to the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi (PERS) Board of Trustees as one of its two state employee representatives. At its June 23 meeting, the Board certified the runoff election results between Howard, who has served as…