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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 18, 2020

Wicker, Sinema, Blumenauer, Fitzpatrick Introduce the RESTAURANTS Act

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Representatives Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., today introduced the Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed to Survive (RESTAURANTS) Act of 2020. The legislation would establish a $120 billion revitalization fund to help independent restaurants deal with the long-term structural challenges…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 18, 2020

Votes not likely there to pass Mississippi flag resolution out of Senate Constitution Committee

Over the last week, a resolution was offered in the Mississippi Senate by Sen. Derrick Simmons (D) to allow the Legislature to consider changing the design of the state flag to what has been coined the “Stennis Flag.” In 2001, that decision was left up to a vote of the people as to whether or…