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Kaine legislation aimed at protecting battlefields

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:33:12 -0400

FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia - U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine is traveling to Slaughter Pen battlefield in Fredericksburg to promote a bipartisan bill to reauthorize the American Battlefield Protection Program.

Louisiana levee plan concerns Mississippi leaders

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:10:39 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - Mississippi Republican Sen. Thad Cochran has proposed amendments to a federal water resources bill to protect coastal areas from flooding or storm surge threats that might result from a new flood control proposal for Louisiana.

Some cuts likely for food stamps

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:39:04 -0400

WASHINGTON - The government's food stamp program, which helps feed 1 in every 7 America, was one of the few programs exempted from this year's automatic spending cuts. But now it is likely to get trimmed.

Third target emerges in ricin letters case, as Miss. homes...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:19:26 -0400

The tangled search to find who sent poisoned letters to President Barack Obama and other public figures took yet another twist Thursday as attention moved to a house in rural Itawamba County, Miss., east of Tupelo. - Authorities reported early Thursday that they were searching the house in the Ozark community where James Everett Dutschke, the prime focus of investigators the previous two days, was believed to have been with an acquaintance, Kirk Kitchens, overnight.

Stabenow to speak at Miss. Delta Council

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:01:49 -0400

CLEVELAND, Mississippi - The Michigan Democrat who chairs the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee will be main speaker for the 78th annual meeting of the Delta Council, a regional group in Mississippi.