State
Curfew lifted, recycling to begin again on June 3
Picayune Item
Public Works Director Eric Morris said curbside recycling services provided by the city’s waste collection company, Coastal Environmental Services, will resume on June 3.
State Government
Gov. Reeves: ‘I do not want you to wake up in August with no job to return to
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - From the start, Mississippi officials have said we’re facing a two-fold crisis: one of both public health and economics. Governor Tate Reeves signing a new executive order Monday regarding unemployment.
Mississippi takes anticipated hit as April Revenue numbers come in
Y’all Politics
As anticipated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, revenues were drastically down for April 2020.
State Treasurer extends MPACT open enrollment period to July 15
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – State Treasurer David McRae extended the open enrollment period for the Mississippi Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Plan (MPACT) to July 15.
Oil Spill
Changes could be coming to Fairhope Municipal Pier and surrounding area
WKRG
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — An artist rendering shows what the Fairhope Municipal Pier and the surrounding area might look like once a new project is completed. A big change visitors will notice right off is the new parking area.
National
EPA sued over pollutant leak rollback
The Hill
Environmentalists sued the Trump administration on Monday over the rollback of an Obama-era rule meant to police the release of powerful greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) that are used in refrigerators.
Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s California water plan
AP
A federal court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to pump more water to the agricultural Central Valley, which critics said would threaten endangered species and salmon runs.
Press Releases
Service and Partners Celebrate American Wetlands Month Throughout May
Storytelling, web events and first-ever national wetlands podcast will highlight a natural resource vital to communities, economies and wildlife from coast to coast
May 11, 2020
USFWS
They can be found in all 50 states and go by many names – wetlands, marshes, bogs, estuaries, swamps, mangroves, lagoons and even mudflats and mires. Regardless of the type, where they are found or what they are called, healthy wetlands are of vital importance to local communities, recreation and wildlife.
