Thad Cochran News

Mississippi will receive $3.3 million dollars to continue the state's response to swine flu and help prepare for the fall flu season.

Houston-The US Rice Producers Association announced July 8 that ample funding has been provided to the Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service to implement a September 1 stocks report for rice in the fiscal year 2010 Agriculture Appropriations bill.

Raytheon Company has appointed Mitch Kugler vice president of Strategy, reporting to Thomas M. Culligan, executive vice president of Corporate Business Development and CEO, Raytheon International, Inc.

Mississippi's first request for federal funds to repair the state's barrier islands and coastal wetlands was part of the state's Nov.

Mississippi State University could soon receive federal funds for agriculture and energy research.

After years of arguing that the Vietnamese fish isn't catfish - and winning a federal law saying as much - the U.S. farmers are now trying to have it both ways.

Even though the total amounts to less than 2/3 of 1 percent of the Fiscal Year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations bill signed into law by President Obama last week, the $668 million allocated to continue the recovery from Hurricane Katrina will make a world of difference in Mississippi.

In this April 18, 2008, file photo Vietnamese workers process fillet from catfish at the Faquimex company in BenTre province, situated in the delta of the Mekong River in Vietnam.

Political veteran and Republican party official Suzanne Breland Case directed Mississippi campaigns for former presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush in the 1980s.

Republican Sen. Thad Cochran in a recent column sounded gung-ho for medical care reform.

Thursday morning at the State Capitol, Jackson law enforcement leaders who are involved in the program "Fight Crime: Invest In Kids" - -came together to talk about a new report that shows how early childhood programs help keep kids in school and out of crime.

Oh, MAN! Greg Sargent on a new piece of GOP propaganda : Earlier today, the Republican National Committee blasted out to reporters a research document with a link to an article in USA Today reporting that much of the stimulus packagea s construction money will be spent in the districts of well-connected lawmakers.

Committee Chairman U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye and Vice Chairman Senator Thad Cochran... Committee Chairman U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye and Vice Chairman Senator Thad Cochran discuss the proposed 2010 Defense Department budget at a hearing of the Defense Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2009 in ...

Most of the $2.2 billion in economic stimulus money for Army Corps of Engineers construction projects will be spent in the home districts of members of Congress who oversee the corps' funding, a USA TODAY analysis found.

When Congress puts together a $106 billion spending bill, it is bound to include some objectionable items.

Gov. Haley Barbour said President Obama had opposed supplemental funds such as the more than $500 million Congress approved for Mississippi on Thursday, but state officials convinced the president it was critical for recovery.

As part of a war spending bill approved Thursday, Congress agreed to spend $439 million to restore a 45-mile stretch of Mississippi's barrier islands, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Sen.

A bill with $439 million to restore the barrier islands and $80 million worth of housing vouchers to be divided between Mississippi and other states is headed to President Barack Obama's desk.

The Senate passed a "Cash for Clunkers" bill, which gives residents money for a better mileage car -- but it wasn't easy.

Alexandria, Va...Retired Navy Vice Admiral Norb Ryan, Jr., president of the Military Officers Association of America , joined with other representatives of veterans and military organizations at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill today as the Blinded American Veterans Foundation honored six people and one company for their work with ...