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Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker has included short-term funding to support Jackson as part of a bill to keep the federal government open through Dec. 16.

Both Senators Wicker, Hyde-Smith support the move. On Tuesday, Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) voted to advance a Continuing Resolution making its way through Congress that funds the government on a short-term basis.  Included in that resolution is $20 million fo

Saying the Northeast fishing industry has been “systematically marginalized in the permitting process,” the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance sued the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Monday over its July 15 approval of the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project.

For The Times Leader BARNESVILLE — Village officials on Monday announced that two local projects had been selected for federal funding totaling over $3.5 million. Mayor Dale Bunting announced that the long-in-the-works Slope Creek Waterline Project had been selected for funding through the Army Corps of Engineers’ Section 594 Program in the amount of $1,075,000, applicable toward project design and construction costs. “I definitely want to thank Congressman Bill Johnson for his support, a...