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| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for 2026-06-26 ( 21 items ) |
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Ala. Commerce Secretary: Annual SEUS-CP Forum Highlights Growth Opportunities With a Top Trading Partner (10)
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 26 -- The Alabama Department of Commerce issued the following news:
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Annual SEUS-CP forum highlights growth opportunities with a top trading partner
Earlier this week, Alabama Secretary of Commerce Ellen McNair led a delegation to the annual Southeast U.S States - Canadian Provinces Business Forum, an opportunity to strengthen bonds and opportunities with one of the state's largest trading partners.
This year's conference in Greenville, S.C., allowed current and potential partners across the alliance to expand more PR
Allstate and SEC deepen historic relationship with investment in women's sports (10)
BRISTOL, Connecticut, June 25 [Category: BizMedia] -- ESPN, a sports media company, posted the following news release:
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Allstate and SEC deepen historic relationship with investment in women's sports
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Allstate and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) today announced an extension of its multi-year official sponsorship with an emphasis on elevating women's sports across the conference.
The agreement, through Disney Advertising, is headlined by the launch of the Allstate SEC Women's Champions Cup, a flagship competition celebrating excell more PR
Allstate and SEC deepen historic relationship with investment in women's sports (10)
NORTHBROOK, Illinois, June 25 [Category: BizInsurance] -- Allstate, a property and casualty insurance company, issued the following news release:
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Allstate and SEC deepen historic relationship with investment in women's sports
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama and NORTHBROOK, Ill. (June 25, 2026) - Allstate and the Southeastern Conference (SEC) today announced an extension of its multi-year official sponsorship with an emphasis on elevating women's sports across the conference.
The agreement, through Disney Advertising, is headlined by the launc more PR
Army Reserve sustainment Soldiers execute real-world rail operations during Operation Sentinel Justice (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news:
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Army Reserve sustainment Soldiers execute real-world rail operations during Operation Sentinel Justice
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CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 441st Transportation Company, 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), conducted rail operations June 10-16, 2026, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center during the Combat Support Training Exercise (CSTX), Operation Sentinel Justice.
As part of the exercise, Soldiers from t more PR
Chairman Wicker Strongly Supports Defense Supplemental Request (10)
WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release:
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Chairman Wicker Strongly Supports Defense Supplemental Request
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WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today issued the following statement in support of the administration's defense supplemental funding request:
"I fully support the defense supplemental request submitted to Congress today and look forward to working with my colleagues to move it forward legislatively as soon as more PR
Congressman Thompson Announces Nearly $3 Million Federal Grant to Support Workforce Training and Reentry Services in Mississippi's Second Congressional District (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release:
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Congressman Thompson Announces Nearly $3 Million Federal Grant to Support Workforce Training and Reentry Services in Mississippi's Second Congressional District
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BOLTON, MS -Congressman Bennie G. Thompson announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded $2,999,999 to the West Jackson Community Development Corporation in Jackson, Mississippi, through the Reentry Employment in Skilled Trades, Advanced Manufacturing, Registered Appre more PR
Cultivating Dynamic Leadership: MSU pilot program helps DAFVM faculty build institutional perspective (10)
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 25 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news:
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Cultivating Dynamic Leadership: MSU pilot program helps DAFVM faculty build institutional perspective
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Contact: Mary Kathryn Kight
STARKVILLE, Miss.-When Nicole Ashpole arrived at Mississippi State University a year ago to launch the new One Health program in the College of Veterinary Medicine, she brought enthusiasm, a long to-do list and years of academic experience. What she gained this spring was something her previous career hadn't give more PR
Curtis, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, issued the following news release:
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Curtis, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel
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WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators John Curtis (R-UT), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced the Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act, bipartisan legislation to help communities and forest managers remove byproducts of forest thinning operations that counterintuitively increase wildfire risk.
"Across Utah and the more PR
Evidence Does Not Support Claimed Social Media Harms, TechFreedom Tells Fifth Circuit (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- TechFreedom, a technology policy think tank, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Evidence Does Not Support Claimed Social Media Harms, TechFreedom Tells Fifth Circuit
Yesterday, TechFreedom was joined by thirteen scholars of youth mental health and technology in an amici brief urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to affirm a district court order blocking Texas's App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420). Our brief explains why the law cannot be justified by speculative claims of har more PR
Federal Court Uses Callais Ruling to Uphold Discriminatory DeSoto County Redistricting Plan (10)
NEW YORK, June 25 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news:
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Federal Court Uses Callais Ruling to Uphold Discriminatory DeSoto County Redistricting Plan
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Yesterday, a federal district court issued a ruling denying a Voting Rights Act (VRA) challenge brought by Black voters and community organizations in DeSoto County, Mississippi. The case, Harris v. DeSoto County, used Section 2 of the VRA to challenge the county's discriminatory redistricting plan used to elect members of the Bo more PR
FHLB Dallas and First National Bank Texas Celebrate Revitalization of Affordable Single-Family Homes in Laguna, New Mexico (10)
DALLAS, Texas, June 24 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release:
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FHLB Dallas and First National Bank Texas Celebrate Revitalization of Affordable Single-Family Homes in Laguna, New Mexico
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LAGUNA, NEW MEXICO - The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), First National Bank Texas (FNBT) and The Laguna Housing Development and Management Enterprise (LHDME) celebrated today the revitalization and grand opening of Laguna #4, an affordable housi more PR
James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release:
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The James T. Woods Act Fights Online Child Exploitation That's Sweeping the Nation
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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Online child exploitation, sextortion and violent online criminal networks like '764,' which coerce children into violent or suicidal acts, are sweeping the nation, impacting children across all 50 states.
Each of the 56 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) field offices are involved in tracking and investigating cases of online child e more PR
Kelly Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from Arizona's Forests (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release:
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Kelly Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from Arizona's Forests
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Read in Arizona Daily Sun : Sen. Kelly introduces bill to bolster wildfire fuel reduction efforts
Today, Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material more PR
Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
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Lujan, Kelly, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Remove Wildfire Fuel from New Mexico's Forests
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Adam Schiff (D-CA), John Curtis (R-UT), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the bipartisan Hazardous Fuels Transportation Assistance Act to help communities and forest managers remove woody biomass-material left behind from forest thinning operations meant to p more PR
Minnesota Congressional Delegation Contributes Images of Minnesota in 2026 for Congressional Time Capsule in Celebration of America's 250th Anniversary (10)
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minnesota, issued the following news release on June 25, 2026:
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Minnesota Congressional Delegation Contributes Images of Minnesota in 2026 for Congressional Time Capsule in Celebration of America's 250th Anniversary
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Minnesota Congressional Delegation announced that it is contributing a collection of original images of Minnesota in 2026 for a Congressional Time Capsule in honor of A more PR
Missouri Attorney General Hanaway Leads Multi-State Effort to Protect Election Integrity Laws (10)
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 24 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release:
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Missouri Attorney General Hanaway Leads Multi-State Effort to Protect Election Integrity Laws
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Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway led a coalition of 23 states in filing an amicus brief in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to protect the integrity of our nation's elections. This action, filed in support of Indiana's voter ID law, seeks to preserve the constitutional rights of states to enact election integrit more PR
MSU leaders selected for prestigious national Farm Foundation programs (10)
STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 24 -- Mississippi State University posted the following news:
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MSU leaders selected for prestigious national Farm Foundation programs
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Contact: Mary Kathryn Kight
STARKVILLE, Miss.-Mississippi State University is strengthening its voice in national agricultural conversations through two additional Farm Foundation leadership opportunities.
Associate Vice President Ashli Brown, who serves in MSU's Division of Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine, was selected as a Farm Foundation Round Table Fe more PR
Operation Sentinel Justice combines real-world medical support, training to strengthen AR-MEDCOM, MRTC readiness (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news:
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Operation Sentinel Justice combines real-world medical support, training to strengthen AR-MEDCOM, MRTC readiness
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CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers throughout the Pinellas Park, Florida-based Army Reserve Medical Command (AR-MEDCOM) and the San Antonio-based Medical Readiness and Training Command (MRTC) trained alongside more than 10,000 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers, in tandem with other branches of the U.S. military as well as more PR
UAMS, Helena Hospital to Sign Co-Management Agreement (10)
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 26 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release:
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UAMS, Helena Hospital to Sign Co-Management Agreement
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Helena Hospital are planning to sign a co-management agreement, pending final approval by the Arkansas Department of Health. The agreement was approved Thursday by the Helena Hospital Board of Governors.
Under the agreement, the Helena Hospital will retain its assets, operations, and oversight of the hospital more PR
University of Mississippi: Programs in Physical Therapy, Nursing to Expand in Oxford (10)
OXFORD, Mississippi, June 26 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news:
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Programs in Physical Therapy, Nursing to Expand in Oxford
Medical Center brings professional programs to South Oxford Center to help meet need for health care
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JACKSON, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Medical Center is bringing physical therapy education to north Mississippi, adding a Doctor of Physical Therapy program in Oxford to meet growing demand for licensed physical therapists across the state.
"Expanding opportunities for our phys more PR
VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025 (10)
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release:
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VA Community Care contributed more than $36B to local economies in FY 2025
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced it made more than $36 billion in payments to local healthcare providers across the country in fiscal year 2025 as part of the bipartisan VA MISSION Act.
President Trump signed the MISSION Act in 2018 after it passed Congress with widespread bipartisan support. The law created a benefit that lets eligible V more PR
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