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Climate change is now a national security priority for the Pentagon January 27 Arial photography of Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., taken March 17, 2019, shows part of the base under water after the Missouri River flooded. (Tech. Sgt. Rachelle Blake/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will begin incorporating climate analysis into its war-gaming and analysis efforts as well as featuring the issue as part of its future National Defense Strategy. The announcement by Defense Secretary Lloyd ...

JACKSON • A nonprofit set up to fund Gov. Tate Reeves’ inauguration last year paid nearly $150,000 to a business owned by the governor’s brother and sister-in-law, documents show. Leigh Reeves served as executive director for the now-dissolved inaugural nonprofit while her company, Snapshot Publishing LLC, was paid for marketing materials, gifts, printing and designs, according to documents filed with the IRS last month. The filing says Leigh Reeves, who is married to Todd Reeves...

Current and former Mississippi elected officials weigh in on U.S. Capitol breach Nick Ochs, founder of Proud Boys Hawaii, is seen in a brown jacket on the right side of this photo among a group of rioters in the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by: Chris Kleponis/Sipa USA) (Source: Sipa USA) By Courtney Ann Jackson | January 7, 2021 at 9:16 PM CST - Updated January 7 at 10:02 PM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - We are still talking with both current and former elected officials in Mississippi to get their pe...

By Sid Salter Syndicated columnist  Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2020 STARKVILLE — It is certainly no stretch of the truth to suggest that at the time of his death last week at the age of 97, former Mississippi Gov. William Winter was by and large beloved by the people of Mississippi. Through his actions and his manner, Winter earned that status. The state’s Democrats lionized him, emulated him, and invoked his name in their own political affairs. Despite their steadfast disag...

William Winter, Reform-Minded Mississippi Governor, Dies at 97 In his single term, he fought to improve his state’s education system. He later threw himself into civil rights work. William F. Winter in 2008. After serving as governor of Mississippi, he spent nearly three decades campaigning for racial reconciliation.Credit...Rogelio V. Solis/Associated Press Dec. 22, 2020 William F. Winter, a Mississippi politician who stood athwart the racism of many of his fellow white Democrats during the ...

By Geoff Pender and Bobby Harrison Mississippi Today Dec 21, 2020 (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) In this June 11, 2015 file photo, Former Gov. William Winter, right and Myrlie Evers, activist and wife of the slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers talk prior before a news conference in Jackson. The former governor, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. Family spokesman Dick Molpus says that Winter died Friday night at home in Jackson....

Remembering the life and legacy of the late Governor William Winter Former Governor William Winter died Friday evening, he was 97 years old. The life and legacy of Governor William Winter By Quentin Smith | December 19, 2020 at 11:57 PM CST - Updated December 20 at 2:07 PM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -One of the most prominent political figures in Mississippi has passed away. Former Governor William Winter died Friday evening. He was 97 years old. Winter served as the states 58th governor from ...

Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter, advocate for education reform and race relations, dies at 97 Updated Dec 19, 2020; Posted Dec 19, 2020 In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, former Gov. William Winter speaks at a symposium on the Future of Mississippi and the South on his 90th birthday, at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Miss. The former governor, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, died Friday night at home in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V...

Former Mississippi Gov. William Winter dies at 97 FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, former Gov. William Winter speaks at a symposium on the Future of Mississippi and the South on his 90th birthday, at the Old Capitol Museum in Jackson, Miss. The former governor, a Democrat who pushed to strengthen public education and improve race relations, has died. Family spokesman Dick Molpus says Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, that Winter died Friday night at home in Jackson. (Source: Rogelio V. Solis) ...