Thad Cochran News

'We're doing all we can to meet these financial challenges head-on. We have to look very deeply into our operations and develop budgets that reflect the magnitude of these cuts, while maintaining the high quality of our education, research, and outreach programs.' When Mark Keenum became Mississippi State University's 19th president Jan.

" U.S. Senators Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker today encouraged residents in Calhoun County to attend an upcoming meeting to find out more about floodplain management and potential changes to the floodplain maps in their communities.

WASHINGTON a ' Sen. Thad Cochran has voted for legislation that would allow the State of Mississippi to offer an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits to jobless workers.

Recognizing that a weak economy still needs a government boost, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to provide the jobless with up to 20 weeks in additional unemployment benefits and expand a first-time homebuyer tax credit to include a far larger pool of people entering the dormant housing market.

Congress has provided $25 million for engineering and other preparations for storing some the nation's petroleum reserves in the Richton Salt Domes.

The fact that liberal Democratic New York Gov. David Paterson and conservative Republican Miss.

The Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center in Stoneville is expected to receive $4 million for ongoing renovations.

What's more important, property or people? I'd say people. However, some in Congress believe property is more important.

A new survey from the Afterschool Alliance finds that 94 percent of Mississippians favor afterschool programs for the state's youth, but the state trails the nation in participation among school-age kids.

U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Tuesday reported the successful conclusion of House-Senate conference negotiations on the FY2010 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill , a measure that includes resources for homeland security activities to be carried out in Mississippi.

Touting messages of progress and economic development, some of the state's most influential people gathered Monday at East Mississippi Community College-Golden Triangle to mark what Joe Higgins called 'the end of the beginning' of the Golden Triangle Regional Global Industrial Aerospace Park project.

This country would be much safer and more prosperous, with its core national interests better served, if the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan were ended.

When Mark Keenum and Scott Ross roamed the campus of Mississippi State University three decades ago, they were just students with their whole lives ahead of them.

Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum was formally installed in his job Friday, and announced an ambitious campaign to raise $100 million in private money for the land-grant institution.

Mississippi State University leaders anticipate a near-capacity crowd at today's investiture ceremonies for school President Mark Keenum.

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran recently recognized the work of Patricia Digby of Fulton, who was subsequently honored in Washington for her dedication to finding adoptive and foster care families for children.

Following up on last week's discussion about House Republicans' outrage with the addition of already-passed hate crimes legislation to the defense authorization bill, Clark at Show Me Progress reminds us that Roy Blunt had no problem tacking on additional measures when he, Tom DeLay and Denny Hastert were in charge .

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, Miss. taken Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008.

Slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers has been honored with a Navy supply ship named for him.

WASHINGTON a ' Sen. Thad Cochran is supporting legislation that would create a competitive grant program to improve access to veterinary services, which could be critical with increased monitoring demands related to animal-borne illnesses.