State
Judge rules against Mississippi in legal fight with Tennessee over groundwater rights
Clarion Ledger
A judge has ruled against Mississippi in the state's legal fight with the state of Tennessee over ownership of groundwater in Mississippi near the Tennessee state lines.
Yazoo Area Pump Project virtual meeting set for Tuesday
NewsMS
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District will hold a virtual public meeting for the Yazoo Area Pump Project, Tuesday, November 10th, at 6 p.m.
Brookhaven City paving, sewer projects progressing
Daily Leader
Work on the Natchez Avenue sewer project is progressing with the clearing of ditches, Mike McKenzie of WGK Inc. told the board, and sewer pipe will begin to be installed soon, with a projected end date of Dec. 1.
Hurricane Zeta debris removal begins in Jackson County
WLOX
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Jackson County’s debris contractor will begin picking up Hurricane Zeta debris in the unincorporated areas on Monday, November 9.
MEMA Preliminary Report: Over 32K homes damaged in Zeta, most of them in Harrison County
WLBT
MISSISSIPPI (WLOX) - More damage from Hurricane Zeta was reported at homes, businesses, and public structures in Harrison County than any other in the state.
CARES Act applications for commercial fishermen to open Nov. 9
WLOX
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Commercial and charter fishermen who have suffered financial losses due to the coronavirus pandemic can start turning in applications for CARES Act assistance beginning on Monday.
Toyota Donates 8,300 Reusable Water Bottles To Tupelo Public School District
WCBI
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – Each student, teacher and staff member in the Tupelo Public School District will get their personal water bottle, thanks to a Covid 19 related grant from Toyota.
Regional
Louisiana officials say chemical, oil releases after Hurricanes Delta, Laura, were minimal
NOLA.com
A spill of more than 15,000 gallons of crude oil just east of the town of Cameron during Hurricane Laura has been determined to be significant enough to trigger a federal-state natural resource damage investigation, according to the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office.
Already flooded, South Florida feeling wrath of Eta
AP
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Beaches and coronavirus testing sites were closed, public transportation shut down and some evacuations in place early Monday after Tropical Storm Eta made landfall in the Florida Keys, bringing heavy rains to already flooded city streets after leaving scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America.
National
Meet the contenders for Biden’s Cabinet
Politico
In the next two and half months, Joe Biden needs to build a governing team to help him tackle an historic pandemic and rebuild the economy — all while winning approval from what's likely to be a Republican-controlled Senate and holding together an unruly coalition of Democrats.
EPA
The party's left flank is strongly opposed to any EPA candidate with ties to the oil and gas industry, although party moderates contend that experience with fossil fuels is needed to implement climate change policies designed to help wind down greenhouse gases such as methane emissions.
Interior
The top job at the Interior Department, which manages more than half a billion acres of federal land, typically draws candidates from western states, where the vast majority of those lands are. And so far, all roads seem to lead to New Mexico.
USDA
Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is considered to be the top pick for Biden’s Agriculture secretary, the same role that Trump considered tapping her for in 2016.
