State
SEC. STATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SUE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
MPB
In what a Mississippi official calls a historic move, the state is suing the federal government for more than $25 million over flooding.
Lamar Co. officials address litter problems
WDAM
Roadside litter is a major problem for Lamar County.
City Says Goodbye to Clearwater Solutions
Delta News TV
The Greenville city council held a special call meeting this morning to discuss its future without clearwater solutions.
Scene clear after overturned tanker in Starkville
WTVA
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WTVA) - Crews are working to empty an overturned tanker in Starkville.
The truck overturned Monday morning on the ramp at Highway 82 and Highway 25 in the north end of the city.
State Government
First Responders Act makes its way through the state legislature
WDAM
A bill that would ensure first responders get the proper coverage for health-related illnesses is making it’s way through the state legislature.
PERS to consider rule change over retirees in legislature
Daily Journal
The governing board of the state retirement system will meet Tuesday morning to discuss a rule change that would allow retired state employees to keep pension benefits if elected to the legislature.
OLE MISS ECONOMIC IMPACT MEASURED
WCBI
OXFORD, Miss. (UNIVERSITY RELATIONS) – The University of Mississippi’s annual economic impact totals $2.9 billion and enables 43,121 jobs across the state, which means that one out of every 37 jobs in Mississippi is supported by the activities of UM and its students.
Regional
Several charges dropped for Trey Glenn in EPA scandal
Al.com
Former Alabama Environmental Management Commissioner Scott Phillips and former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Trey Glenn are facing fewer ethics charges regarding their alleged involvement with corruption in a Birmingham Superfund site.
Shelby County Commission votes against stone and gravel pit in community
WMC
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) - A fight nearly a decade old to keep a gravel pit out of a north Shelby county neighborhood has come to an end… or has it?
...They will make plans to move their operations to Tate County, Mississippi and haul the sand and gravel into Shelby County.
Cyanide plant for West Bank alarms residents of east bank
Times-Picayune
For more than a half century, Cornerstone Chemical Co. and its predecessors have been blending ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, acrylonitrile and other products at the old Fortier plantation on the West Bank of Jefferson Parish. For much of that period the 800-acre industrial complex, on the sinuous River Road between Waggaman and Ama, has drawn little attention.
TVA report backs Trump-opposed closure of coal-fired unit
AP
A report by the Tennessee Valley Authority says it no longer makes sense to keep burning coal at its Paradise, Kentucky, power plant, despite calls by state and federal officials to keep it open.
National
U.S. settles with Antero over water pollution from fracking
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it reached a settlement with oil and natural gas company Antero Resources Corp over claims it violated the Clean Water Act at 32 different sites in West Virginia, mostly tied to fracking.
Exclusive: U.S. EPA may issue E15 gasoline plan without biofuel credit trade limits - sources
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering releasing its draft proposal to expand sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline without including simultaneous measures it promised the oil industry to curb biofuel credit speculation, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Wisconsin Takes On PFAS Groundwater Contamination
Wisconsin Public Radio
Concerns are bubbling up over contaminated drinking water in some Wisconsin municipalities, leading officials to take action.
Deer disease seen as threat to humans: Experts compare CWD with resilient mad cow virus
ST. PAUL — There is growing concern in the scientific and public health community that chronic wasting disease, which is killing deer in Minnesota, Wisconsin and elsewhere, could jump to people some day.
Opinion
Forum: Mississippi must protect its oysters
Sun Herald
BY RYAN BRADLEY
For as long as I can remember, seafood has been my way of life.
I started shrimping at the age of 8. As a teenager, I would dredge and tong for oysters. Commercial fishing is my career, and I’ve operated a number of boats to harvest Mississippi’s bountiful and world-renowned wild oysters. Unfortunately, that way of life is no longer possible for me and many others.
Press Releases
Reinvigorating a Culture
MDWFP
Claiborne’s vivid narrative provides us a brief snapshot of a bygone landscape. Mississippi’s once-thriving and fire-maintained pine-grasslands, native prairies, and upland hardwoods were host to lush herbaceous plant communities and plentiful wildlife.
