State
PROJECT REZWAY
Northside Sun
Recyclable fashion to benefit reservoir
In fashion, one day you’re in and the next you’re out. However, recyclable fashion is always in style.
Marine Patrol providing free safety checks as boating season arrives
Mississippi Press
The Marine Patrol division of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) will be providing courtesy boat and water safety inspections over the next four weeks.
RESERVOIR OFFICIALS REMOVE 1,000S OF PIECES OF REBAR FROM LAKE
Northside Sun
Efforts to rid the Ross Barnett Reservoir of steel reinforcement rods, or rebar, are continuing.
Since the water level was lowered in October, thousands of pieces of rebar have been removed since they were visible in the low water and the number is steadily growing.
State Government
Mississippi lawmakers plan to borrow $360M for projects
AP
Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday agreed to borrow more than $360 million to finance construction, industrial development and local projects that are much-coveted in an election year.
Who gets the money? The new $6 billion Mississippi budget, by the numbers
Clarion Ledger
Lawmakers on Thursday were approving the final pieces of the state's $6.35 billion state budget, up from the current year's $6.12 billion one.
Judge rules Gluckstadt can become its own city, wins fight over land
WLBT
A judge has ruled that the Gluckstadt community in Madison County can become a city and will get nearly all the land its leaders had asked for.
Regional
Memphis floats plan for Freshwater Institute, research center to study and protect resources
Commercial Appeal
An effort is under way to open a Freshwater Institute in Memphis, which would leverage the region's unique set of resources to study and protect freshwater sources more broadly.
The city of Memphis announced the institute proposal in a news release on Thursday, following a meeting where a group of stakeholders from local institutions, including the University of Memphis and Christian Brothers University, agreed to move forward with the concept.
Colonial Landfill operators agree to more testing for gas emissions, odors in suit settlement
The Advocate
The operators of the Colonial Landfill near Sorrento have agreed to increased air monitoring for two years under a settlement ending litigation over a permit allowing expanded dumping at the decades-old waste pile.
National
Report: Billions of dollars could be saved by conserving Mississippi River watershed now
St. Cloud Times
ST. CLOUD — A new report shows that taking action now to protect the Mississippi River’s headwaters can have a positive economic impact and potentially save the state billions of dollars.
Deadly fungus threatening hundreds of amphibian species
The Hill
A deadly fungus that affects how some frogs breathe through their skin is threatening hundreds of species around the world, according to a report in The Washington Post Thursday.
Interior Secretary Nominee Pledges ‘Ethical Culture’
WSJ
WASHINGTON—President Trump’s nominee to lead the Interior Department told a Senate committee Thursday that he was strengthening ethical safeguards at the agency and keeping his former energy-industry clients at arm’s- length.
