C Spire helps workers effected by government shutdown
The U.S. is experiencing the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history and with no end in sight, C Spire is offering unpaid federal workers...
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Vicksburg Military Park remains open during shutdown
by Alex Paton
Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park are working to fund operations to keep the park open during the government shutdown. Through the help of donors...
Featured U.S. Congress: Government will not shutdown
by Alex Paton
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran said that Congress will need to work in a cooperative and bipartisan fashion over the next several weeks to...
Featured Vicksburg National Military Park to stay open if gov’t shuts down
by Alex Paton
Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park and Campaign, the official non-profit partner organization of VNMP, has committed to fund basic operations to keep the Vicksburg...
Featured Cochran: approve continuing resolution, avoid government shutdown
by Alex Paton
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran is advocating for approval of Senate legislation filed Wednesday night to avert a government shutdown, provide critical disaster relief,...
Featured Senate ends Government shutdown, announces CHIP reauthorization
by Alex Paton
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran voted to end a partial government shutdown and reiterated his call for a broad budget agreement to keep the...
Featured Government Shutdown: what your elected officials are saying
by Alex Paton
Mississippi’s leaders and elected officials are speaking out of the Government shutdown that happened over the weekend in Washington D.C. After Senate Democrats blocked a...
Avoiding the Government Shutdown: Wicker, Cochran Say Plan is Good Temporarily
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–A shutdown of the federal government might have meant some of the services you’re used to getting would have been interrupted. It also might’ve...
U.S. Government Could Shut Down, Mississippi Senator Has Bill to Keep It Going Temporarily
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–If lawmakers cannot agree on government funding, it could, once again, take the country down the path of a government shutdown, which would mean...
The Senate Bill to Fund the Government: Wicker Votes Yes and Says It’s ‘Responsible’
by kim
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Senate bill that will fund the U.S. government through the end of Fiscal Year 2015, will not fund Homeland Security past Feb. 27....