Tag: Mississippi

The Last Insurgent

Peter J. Boyer · June 25, 2018 5:27 am

President Donald Trump applauds during an event about prescription drug prices with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 11, 2018.

7 governors support Trump’s nomination for Nobel Peace Prize

Melissa Quinn · May 15, 2018 3:28 pm

A United States government Treasury Check used to pay Social Security or Medicare benefits lies on top of the opened envelope used to mail it to the recipient. The envelope has warnings of criminal penalties for anyone who fraudulently endorses the check. It also warns that if the recipient is deceased, the check should be placed in the return mail. The distinctive green checks feature an engraving of the Statue of Liberty and the Treasury Seal.

Beltway Confidential

Five states know how to stop welfare fraud — what is everyone else doing?

Jonathan Ingram · May 3, 2018 9:27 pm

State Sen. Chris McDaniel, running for Senate in Mississippi, made a public spectacle of the firing of a campaign staffer. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Chris McDaniel could jeopardize GOP hold on Mississippi Senate seat: Poll

David M. Drucker · April 20, 2018 6:34 pm

ACLU sues Kentucky to halt 11-week abortion ban

Robert King · April 11, 2018 7:29 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks on a question during a town hall meeting.

Bernie Sanders: Democratic Party’s platform has been a ‘failure’ for the past 15 years

Katelyn Caralle · April 5, 2018 4:30 pm

A federal court heard arguments on Tuesday over a lawsuit that seeks to change the Mississippi state flag. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Lawsuit seeks to ban Mississippi town from displaying state flag

Tristan Justice · April 5, 2018 2:21 pm

Is Democrat Mike Espy Leading in the Mississippi Senate Race?

David Byler · April 4, 2018 3:45 pm

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., finally received President Trump's endorsement. The appointee is running in a special election to choose a permanent successor to Republican Thad Cochran, who resigned earlier this year.

Cindy Hyde-Smith makes bid for Trump endorsement

David M. Drucker · April 4, 2018 4:01 am

Workers work on a building under construction in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Aug. 16, 2013. California's unemployment rate increased slightly to 8.7 percent in July, the first rise in unemployment since the spring of 2011. Construction lost 7,000 jobs with mining, logging and government employment also dropping in July.

Four states hit record low unemployment in February

Joseph Lawler · March 23, 2018 3:04 pm

Gov. Phil Bryant gives a speech the Capitol in Jackson, Miss.

Mississippi governor expected to appoint Cindy Hyde-Smith to succeed Thad Cochran

David M. Drucker · March 21, 2018 4:47 pm

Clinic escort Derenda Hancock, left, stands near anti-abortion sidewalk counselors as they stand outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization's clinic, the only facility in the state that performs abortions, Tuesday, March 20, 2018 in Jackson, Miss.

Judge blocks Mississippi abortion ban

Robert King · March 20, 2018 6:31 pm