Former state Sen. Mulholland dies of cancer
PHILADELPHIA — Former state Sen. Joe H. Mulholland of Philadelphia has died from complications of cancer. He was 80. Officials with McClain-Hays Funeral Home say Mulholland died Tuesday in a hospital...
View ArticleCochran continues to reach out to African American voters
JACKSON — Republican Sen. Thad Cochran told black voters yesterday that when he first ran for Congress in 1972, Mississippi was in a period of fear and uncertainty because race relations were changing....
View ArticleSupreme Court rules for Cochran; says McDaniel’s challenge came too late
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court won’t revive an election challenge by a candidate who lost a Republican primary to Sen. Thad Cochran. Three justices agreed with Cochran’s attorneys, who said...
View ArticleHas GOP primary controversy hurt Childers’ chance at Senate?
MENDENHALL — Former U.S. Rep. Travis Childers acknowledges he faces a tough task running for senator in Mississippi, a conservative state that hasn’t chosen a Democrat for that job since Ronald Reagan...
View ArticleCochran calls on EPA for review of Yazoo Backwater Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is asking for an independent peer review of the decision that halted completion of the Yazoo Backwater Project, a flood control project for the lower...
View ArticleAfter string of losses, O’Hara sees himself as Senate ‘protest vote’
HATTIESBURG — Shawn O’Hara has a perfect record in Mississippi politics — a string of more than a dozen losses over the past 25 years. It is unblemished by a single win for mayor, congressman, senator...
View ArticleROSS REILY: EPA should have historical background of Delta
If you first listen to environmentalists and the Environmental Protection Agency as to why they are opposed to the Yazoo Backwater project, they make a pretty compelling argument. The EPA has said...
View ArticleState Sen. Gandy hospitalized in South America
WAYNESBORO — A Mississippi state lawmaker is hospitalized in South America after doctors found blood clots in one of his legs. Republican Sen. Phillip Gandy of Waynesboro says he expects to be...
View ArticleNo debate, but Cochran and Childers lobby for votes for Senate
JACKSON — Six-term incumbent Thad Cochran told Mississippi business leaders yesterday that he will be in line for a committee chairmanship if Republicans regain control of the Senate. Speaking at a...
View ArticleCochran carried 58 counties to Childer’s 24 in Senate general election
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Here’s a glance at Mississippi counties carried by Republican Sen. Thad Cochran and Democratic challenger Travis Childers in Tuesday’s general election: COCHRAN (58 counties)...
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