State
Mississippi Inland Cleanup Program serving the Pine Belt
WDAM
PETAL, Miss. (WDAM) - An organization has been working hard this past month to make local communities a little more beautiful. The Mississippi Inland Cleanup Project recently hosted trash pickup days in the Pine Belt and continues to plan more.
Picayune clean up coming soon
Picayune Item
Volunteers in Picayune hope to spark a renewed focus on litter with their spring cleanup.
Keep Picayune Beautiful volunteers are gearing up for their spring cleanup set for April 17, at 8 a.m.
Backwater flooding could impact 250,000 acres of farmland in Miss. Delta
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Stormy days are ahead of us in many areas of Central and Northern Mississippi.
‘Start killing some hogs’: State hog control program nabs varmints
WLBT
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi agriculture leaders say they’re having great success with a new wild hog control program.
Do mullet jump because they’re happy?
Sun Herald
Experts from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab weigh in on the different theories of why mullet jump.
State Government
WJTV 12 News to host “Mississippi Town Hall: The Road to Normal”
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Nexstar Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXST), announced on Tuesday, March 23, that its television stations serving Mississippi will host an exclusive live Town Hall discussion, “Mississippi Town Hall: The Road to Normal,” on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at 7:00 p.m. CT.
Gov. Reeves announces Commissioner of Banking and Consumer Finance
WJTV
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Tuesday, Governor Tate Reeves announced Rhoshunda Kelly as the Commissioner of Banking and Consumer Finance with the Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance.
Miller named Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Development
Oxford Eagle
This week, the State Workforce Investment Board (SWIB) Executive Committee is announcing the selection of Ryan Miller as Mississippi’s first Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Development.
National
Virginia’s new executive order calls for phase-out of single-use plastics
WDBJ
RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ) - A new Virginia executive order aims to decrease plastic pollution and reduce the amount of solid waste going to landfills.
