Recreational fishing rules to be overhauled under new law
The rules that govern recreational marine fishing in the U.S. will get an overhaul due to a new law passed by Congress, and the country’s millions of anglers and the groups that stake their livelihoods on them hope the changes will bring better management.
Analysis: Wicker pushes fight for cell service subsidies
If a U.S. senator and a public service commissioner get their way, many Mississippians will spend the next six months trying to prove how bad their local cellphone service is.
Actress Sela Ward’s husband plays on her fame in Senate race
The husband of TV and movie actress Sela Ward is making his first run for political office in her native Mississippi, competing in a six-person Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat held by a Republican in a deeply conservative state.
Document: Democratic candidate was Republican in California
More questions are being raised about the party loyalties of Howard Sherman, who is running as a Democrat for the Mississippi U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Roger Wicker.
Bryant: National GOP won’t choose new senator
Mississippi’s Republican governor said Thursday that his decision about appointing a new U.S. senator won’t be influenced by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell or other GOP leaders in Washington, but he believes his appointee will receive campaign help from the president and vice president.
With 2 US Senate races, Mississippi lawmaker switches pick
With a rare opportunity to run for either of two U.S. Senate seats, an insurgent Mississippi Republican switched targets Wednesday.
Analysis: Hard feelings from 2014 carry into Mississippi Senate race
Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel has launched his second campaign for U.S. Senate, four years after refusing to concede the first.
Slimantics: Senate campaign: Sweet, but deadly
Ask any dog owner and he will tell you to be careful where you keep the anti-freeze.
Sen. Roger Wicker re-election bid facing conservative rival
Mississippi state lawmaker Chris McDaniel, who lost a bitter Republican primary to the state’s senior U.S. senator in 2014, said Wednesday that he is challenging the state’s other Republican senator, Roger Wicker.
Slimantics: Wicker determined to hew party line on health insurance
Roger Wicker is a pleasant fellow. Polite, earnest, quick to smile.
Wicker to lead GOP fundraising for Senate in 2016
Mississippi’s Roger Wicker has been chosen as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Wicker: Long-term changes need for entitlement programs
Roger Wicker is optimistic about cuts approved by the U.S. House and Senate in appropriation spending for 2014. In total, the federal government will appropriate $1.1 trillion this fiscal year.
Sen. Roger Wicker to speak at Mississippi State graduation
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., will speak to fall semester graduates at Mississippi State University on Saturday in Starkville.
Bill Crawford: Wicker watching Tea Party blitz
Senator Roger Wicker must be anxiously watching the Tea Party blitz against fellow Senator Thad Cochran. The two senators have much in common.
Wicker, Nunnelee, Harper hold off challenges
Two years after booting two incumbents from the U.S. House, Mississippi voters chose stability in 2012 by re-electing all four current congressmen and returning Republican Roger Wicker to the U.S. Senate.
Wicker should breeze to first full term in U.S. Senate
Republican Sen. Roger Wicker is vying for another term as a United States Senator for the state of Mississippi.
Wicker, four congressmen turn to general election
Fresh off triumphs over primary contenders Tuesday night, Mississippi’s congressional incumbents turned their focus to November.
Aurora expected to double workforce in light of new contract
Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a contract by the United States Department of Defense to build an unmanned vehicle — the Orion Unmanned Aerial System — which is developed at Aurora’s Columbus facility.
MUW wants to expand learning center (video)
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker hadn’t dropped in on his namesake center at Mississippi University for Women in a couple of years, so he swung through Thursday to catch up.
Navistar plant in West Point lands additional contracts
U.S. troops riding in locally built vehicles will have an easier time beating the Afghanistan heat thanks in part to $191 million awarded to Navistar Defense in West Point.