State
Regulators set January decision for Mississippi Power rates
AP
JACKSON, MISS.
Mississippi's three public service commissioners said Tuesday that they would decide by January how much customers should pay for a disputed power plant.
State Government
Missy McGee, Kathryn Rehner headed to runoff for Mississippi House District 102
Hattiesburg American
Voters will head back to the polls Oct. 3 for a runoff to determine their next representative for Mississippi House District 102.
Legislative budget hearings scheduled as revenue picks up
Clarion Ledger
Legislative budget hearings, the first step in setting a roughly $6-billion state budget for fiscal 2019, have been scheduled for Sept. 21 and 22.
Senator questions need for end of agency's monthly revenue report
Daily Journal
JACKSON – What is being called an effort to simplify monthly state revenue reports is viewed by at least one state senator as an effort by the legislative leadership to control the flow of information to the public.
Regional
Follow the money: industrial waste site in Alsen, local nonprofit organization and neighbors at odds even before the site has opened
The Advocate
A three-way argument has broken out among the owners of an industrial waste site in the Alsen community north of Baton Rouge, a local nonprofit and residents of the area.
National
Trump's controversial EPA nominee faces sharp questions over ties to chemical industry
USA Today
WASHINGTON — A University of Cincinnati professor nominated by President Trump for a top job at the Environmental Protection Agency is coming under intense scrutiny for his financial ties to the chemical industry.
EPA Adds Agents to Guard Pruitt, While Fewer Fighting Crimes
Bloomberg
The EPA has 151 federal law enforcement officials working environmental crimes cases—49 short of the number set by a 1990 law—and there is no indication their ranks will increase.
DEP says water quality changes still ‘up in the air’
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Despite seeking federal approval of the changes, state regulators still are trying to sort out how to implement legislation aimed at reworking the way West Virginia calculates water pollution permit limits, the staffer who runs the Department of Environmental Protection’s water quality standards program said Tuesday.
Basin commission to vote on fracking ban near Delaware River
AP
A regulatory agency that monitors the health of the Delaware River and its tributaries said Monday it will consider a permanent ban on drilling and fracking in the watershed, concluding after seven years of study that natural gas companies can't safely operate in an area that supplies drinking water to 15 million people.
