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James Everett Dutschke has been jailed since April on charges of sending ricin-tainted letters to Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and a Mississippi judge, Sadie Holland.

Capping a more than six year advocacy effort, President Obama has signed into law legislation authorizing the National Institutes of Health to establish the National Pediatric Research Network to strengthen and enhance the nation's commitment to pediatric biomedical research.

In an op-ed published Tuesday at USA Today , Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., warns the Obama administration is considering a proposal that could enhance Russia 's capability to spy on the U.S. using technology installed within the nation's borders.

The Employee Rights Act would give workers "more of a say on whether to join a labor union while also offering them stronger protections from union tactics regarding dues, votes and forms of intimidation," according to a joint statement from Cochran and Wicker.

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran has introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the program that helps preserve historic battlegrounds in the United States, including battlefields in Mississippi.

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran spoke on the Senate floor a couple of times last week, a sure sign he's not going to run for a seventh term.

A Mississippi man charged with sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and other officials has been charged with trying for a second time to frame the man first arrested in the case.

The Senate passed a major change to its filibuster rules Thursday. Now, the minority party can no longer easily block nominees, except for those to the Supreme Court.

Last week Raytheon Co. announced a 150-job expansion at their plant in Forest, Mississippi.

Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana led a bipartisan group of senators Tuesday in a colloquy on the Senate floor urging colleagues to support legislation to delay increases in federal flood insurance premiums.

Sure, the bicameral panel could throw its hands up at any point before the Dec. 13 deadline to reach agreement on new spending levels for the government and declare itself unable to compromise.

This year, Americans celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the passage of The Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits the discrimination of individuals with disabilities, granting them equal rights.

Congress recently passed legislation that would provide more resources for pediatric research.

Former congressman Travis Childers says he is considering entering the Mississippi Senate race next year - particularly if longtime Sen. Thad Cochran opts not to seek another term.

Senate Republicans Thursday bashed ObamaCare on the Senate floor, citing constituent stories on how the law has had a negative effect on their home states.

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., is expected to decide by then end of the month whether he will again run for the Senate.

This week Raytheon Co. announced a 150-job expansion at its plant in Forest. Gov. Phil Bryant and the Mississippi Development Authority played a central role in making that happen, along with city of Forest and Scott County officials and the state's congressional delegation.

Why isn't the White House doing more to nominate judges of color to sit in states like Georgia, Alabama and Florida, where minorities are severely underrepresented? The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals building in Atlanta, Georgia.

The New York Times on Saturday published a page A-1 story about how uninsured Georgians will have more difficulty getting healthcare after the Affordable Care Act kicks in in January.

HATTIESBURG -- The ROTC program at the University of Southern Mississippi will survive at least another two years.