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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Friday July 19, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Federal Court Upholds Mississippi Lifetime Felony Disenfranchisement Law
WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNScapp) -- The League of Women Voters issued the following statement on July 18, 2024, with 12 organizations: * * * The League of Women Voters of the United States and the League of Women Voters of Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Center for Justice, One Voice, Mississippi Votes, the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP, Black Voters Matter, the Mississippi Poor People's Campaign, the Reaching and Educating for Community Hope (RECH) Foundation, Strong Arms of   more

One Million Gallons of Coal Ash Spill in Another Preview of Possible Second Trump Administration
WASHINGTON, July 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Trump Rolled Back Coal Ash Safeguards and Took Millions from Owners of Plant that Challenged New Protections About one million gallons of coal ash wastewater spilled from Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center, the largest coal plant in Minnesota, with some reaching Blackwater Lake, a reservoir of the Mississippi River. The spill was discovered Tuesday. While the extent of the contamination is st  more

River Museum Receives Iowa Tourism Grant to Support Digital Marketing Campaign
DUBUQUE, Iowa, July 19 -- The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium issued the following news: The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium was awarded $10,000 in grant funding from the Iowa Tourism Office, a division of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, to support the River Museum's Digital Targeted Marketing Campaign in Illinois and Wisconsin during the summer of 2024. This project will target two primary tourist destinations - Galena, Ill. and Madison, Wis. during peak t  more