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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) - Energy Transfer announced Tuesday it will build a 215-mile pipeline crossing parts of eastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi that will supply natural gas to electric utilities, liquefied natural gas export terminals and AI data center hubs, although a final route has not yet been determined.
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Reporting from Just the News
Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is seeking another term in the upper chamber but trailed Democrat Scott Colom at the time of the publishing, with 96% of the vote counted.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — The race for U.S. Senate in Mississippi is expected to end in a legal challenge as officials across the state continue to count ballots in the razor-thin contest.
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Reporting from Just the News
Should Scott Colom, a local prosecutor, ultimately succeed in his bid for the seat, it will further pad the majority the Democrats achieved in the midterms.
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Reporting from Just the News
In Alaska's race, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan held a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Mary Peltola, and in the Mississippi Senate race, Democrat Scott Colom and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith were running neck-in-neck Wednesday morning.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – American shrimp fishermen are asking federal trade regulators to block imports from a major Indian seafood producer accused of using forced labor to undercut domestic competitors.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Independent journalist Nick Shirley blasted California for its political climate and lack of fiscal accountability during an address Tuesday night near the University of Mississippi.
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Reporting from Just the News
Studies from a decade ago placed Mississippi at 48th in education, and it was ranked 30th in education as recently as 2024 and 39th in 2022. But in 2025, the same Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT Data Book study ranked it 16th.
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Reporting from Just the News
The president has been campaigning in multiple states this month to push Republican candidates in several critical states, including Iowa, Kansas and Texas.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) — Entergy says it cannot build new nuclear power plants without financial backing from large industrial customers, underscoring the economic challenges facing Louisiana's push to expand nuclear energy as electricity demand surges.
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