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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for 2026-03-31 ( 10 items )  
Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes for state, local authority to combat illegal drone drops at prisons (10)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, March 30 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson pushes for state, local authority to combat illegal drone drops at prisons * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones, and other items. Per federal law, only a narrow set of feder more PR

Commander Levine Passes the Torch for the Navy's Airborne Scientific Development Squadron (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Commander Levine Passes the Torch for the Navy's Airborne Scientific Development Squadron * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Cmdr. Luis A. Levine relinquished command of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, the Warlocks, to Cmdr. Andrew R. Vawter, the new Commanding Officer (CO), during a change of command ceremony Mar. 27 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Mar more PR

Ga. A.G. Carr Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 31 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * Carr Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is leading a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This is a major public safety threat impacting correctional facilities acro more PR

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES WITHIN HEALTH CENTERS, CLINICS (10)
WASHINGTON, March 30 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO IMPROVE RURAL EMERGENCY CARE SERVICES WITHIN HEALTH CENTERS, CLINICS * Miss. Senator Also Cosponsors Separate Bill to Codify Medicare Reimbursement Values for Struggling Hospitals U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) recently joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in introducing legislation to create two new federal grant programs to expand walk-in urge more PR

LDF Condemns Passage of Mississippi Elections Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions (10)
NEW YORK, March 30 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Condemns Passage of Mississippi Elections Bill That Would Disenfranchise Millions * Last week, the Mississippi Legislature passed an elections bill that will likely block Black voters and voters who have changed their name from equal access to elections. The bill, called the Safeguard Honest Integrity in Elections for Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act, includes provision more PR

MSU physicist recreates neutron star reaction, reveals how explosive stars forge elements (10)
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 30 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news: * * * MSU physicist recreates neutron star reaction, reveals how explosive stars forge elements A Mississippi State physicist has achieved a significant scientific advancement, producing a direct laboratory measurement of a key nuclear reaction believed to occur during explosive bursts on neutron stars. These bursts forge heavier elements-the building blocks of planets and life on Earth. The finding more PR

Ochsner Health expands Eat Fit program systemwide (10)
JEFFERSON, Louisiana, March 30 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner Health expands Eat Fit program systemwide * NEW ORLEANS - Ochsner Health is expanding Ochsner Eat Fit options systemwide to make nutritious food easier to find and more affordable across its facilities. Building on the long-standing Eat Fit initiative, the health system is increasing the visibility and availability of Eat Fit menu items while offering qualifying op more PR

Ochsner hosts no-cost Iberville Parish health fair to promote cancer awareness and prevention (10)
JEFFERSON, Louisiana, March 30 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner hosts no-cost Iberville Parish health fair to promote cancer awareness and prevention * BATON ROUGE, La. - Ochsner Health welcomed Iberville Parish residents and families on Saturday, March 28 for the Iberville Parish Health Fair & Community Celebration, a no-cost community event focused on cancer awareness and prevention, and access to care close to home. Held a more PR

UMass Amherst Journalism Scholars Document Newspapers' Role in Reconstruction-Era Authoritarianism (10)
AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 30 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Journalism Scholars Document Newspapers' Role in Reconstruction-Era Authoritarianism * When Bella Astrofsky, who's poised to graduate in May with a bachelor's degree in journalism, began digging through 19th century newspapers, she did not expect to help inform how historians understand the end of Reconstruction in the United States.As co-author of a recently published peer-revi more PR

West Virginia Attorney General Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 31 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on March 30, 2026: * * * West Virginia Attorney General Pushes for State, Local Authority to Combat Illegal Drone Drops at Prisons Attorney General JB McCuskey has joined a multistate effort to combat the alarming rise in drones that are illegally dropping contraband into prisons, including narcotics, weapons, cell phones and other items. This drone use is a major publi more PR