Senators move to combat illegal seafood import activities
Senator Thad Cochran is pushing a bill in appropriations to reactivate federal monitoring of illegal activities involving shrimp exports to the United States. ...
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Senators call for reopening of poultry exports to China
by Sarah Ulmer
U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker are among the group of 37 bipartisan Senators calling for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to push the...
Cochran gives thumbs up to legislation that could boost cotton
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a FY2018 agriculture funding measure that includes provisions added by U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) to assist cotton producers...
Safe room to be built in Charleston
U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today announced a $1.2 million grant to construct a multi-use safe room in Charleston, Miss. The...
Stennis International Airport receives federal grant
by Sarah Ulmer
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of...
POTUS nominates Mississippi U.S. Attorneys
President Donald Trump has stated he intends to nominate Attorney Mike Hurst of Madison and Attorney Chad Lamar of Oxford for Mississippi’s U.S. Attorney positions. U.S....
Family of late Mississippi attorney blames Cochran scandal for suicide
A lawsuit has been filed through the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi North Division, claiming deceased attorney Mark Mayfield of Ridgeland...
Medicaid protests spark throughout Jackson
by Jared Bounds
Over 50 people crowded the sidewalks throughout Jackson in protest of Medicaid cuts Thursday morning. Some met in front of Senator Thad Cochran’s Jackson office,...
Mississippi approved for grants to city fire departments
by Sarah Ulmer
The grants are worth close to $600,000 and have been approved to help prepare and equip firefighters in Laurel Mississippi. ...
Army Corps projects receive more in federal funding
by Sarah Ulmer
Sen. Thad Cochran announced Wednesday that the Senate Committee on Appropriations will allocate an additional $67.5 million in FY2017 funding to the Army Corps of...