Saturday - November 23, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Sunday September 29, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Museums For All Program Awarded Grant Funding From Pair of Local Family Foundations
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Sept. 28 -- The National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, a museum operated by the Dubuque County Historical Society, issued the following news: The Dubuque County Historical Society (DCHS)'s Museums for All low-cost admission program recently garnered grant funding from two key Dubuque family foundations. The McDonough Foundation has provided $2,500 in grant support and the Wahlert Foundation has provided $3,000. Funding from these long-standing philanthropic family founda  more

NetChoice Opposes Mississippi Appeal to Fifth Circuit in New Brief
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- NetChoice, a coalition of trade associations that says it makes the internet safe for free enterprise and expression, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: NEW ORLEANS, La.--Today, NetChoice expressed opposition (https://netchoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Brief-to-the-Fifth-Circuit-in-NetChoice-v-Fitch_Sep-26-2024.pdf) to Mississippi's appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in our case against the state's law that fails parents, ce  more

NGFA Leads Effort to Address a 'trifecta of Transportation Trouble' Affecting Agriculture
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 28 -- The National Grain and Feed Association issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2024: Potential disruptions to the nation's shipping infrastructure could have a devastating effect on American agriculture during this year's harvest season unless the U.S. government steps in to intervene. That is according to a letter sent today to President Biden by the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) and nearly 200 other organizations and companies, calling for  more