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In honor of their service and sacrifice, active duty military personnel and veterans can enjoy a free meal at Bok Homa Casino in Philadelphia.  Lucky’s Restaurant will offer a Blue Plate Special – hamburger steak with onions, bell peppers, brown gravy over rice, a roll, and a drink for Veterans Day, Thursday, November 11th from 11am until 3pm.
To receive the free meal, active duty personnel and veterans who are members of the Bok Homa Rewards Club can visit the Cage on November 11th for a meal voucher.  Simply show proof of military service (i.e. Military ID card, DD214, Veterans Affairs department card).  If you are not a Bok Homa Rewards Club member, signing up is quick, easy, and free.
COVID-19 safety protocols remain in place at Bok Homa Casino.   All guests of Bok Homa Casino will be temperature screened before entering.  Limited dine-in seating is available at Lucky’s.
For more information call 1.866.447.3275. […]

The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) issued a report Tuesday, which found that former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official Chad Wolf violated the Hatch Act by presiding over a naturalization ceremony that was shown during the 2020 Republican National Convention.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Hatch Act, a federal law passed in 1939, limits certain political activities of federal employees, as well as some state, D.C., and local government employees who work in connection with federally funded programs. ​The law’s purposes are to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion, to protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace, and to ensure that federal employees are advanced based on merit and not based on political affiliation.​​​​ ​​
Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, sent a letter to OSC on August 26, 2020, calling for an investigation. Thompson released the following statement on the OSC’s findings.
“Mr. Wolf, who was illegally appointed to the position of Secretary of Homeland Security, had a pattern of politicizing the Department’s non-partisan, national security mission, and this unprecedented politicization of a naturalization ceremony was no different. I am pleased that OSC concurred that Mr. Wolf violated the Hatch Act by engaging in political activity while acting in an official capacity.
“OSC’s report also highlighted several challenges that substantially affected its ability to enforce compliance with the Hatch Act by Mr. Wolf and several other senior Trump Administration officials. I look forward to working with my colleagues in Congress to address these issues so political appointees cannot completely disregard the requirements of the Hatch Act as occurred under the last administration.”
Click here to read the full report. […]

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There’s a new set of rules and regulations regarding The Rumblings, and the listeners did an exceptional job in the first week. Brian Hadad and Robbie Faulk cruise through one of the least stressful editions of the mailbag they’ve had. […]

A Gulfport man is being charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of James Andrew Higgins.  Police responded to a residence in the 600 block of 25th Street in reference to a welfare check Sunday, November 7th.  59-year-old James Higgins was found dead, and appeared to be the victim of a homicide.
Investigators say Higgins and Phillip Latrell Collins had gotten into an argument that led to a physical confrontation, where Collins stabbed Higgins multiple times and then fled.
Collins is being held at the Harrison County Adult Detention Facility without bond.
Anyone with further information on the case is being asked to contact Gulfport Police at 228-868-5959 or Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 877-787-5898. […]

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JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) – After months of negotiations, Congress passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package in early November, sending about $4.46 billion to Mississippi over the next five years.
The infrastructure deal garnered bipartisan support, even among the Mississippi delegation. Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson voted to pass the bill, while Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Republican Reps. Trent Kelly, Michael Guest and Steven Palazzo voted against it. […]

JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) – After months of negotiations, Congress passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package in early November, sending about $4.46 billion to Mississippi over the next five years.
The infrastructure deal garnered bipartisan support, even among the Mississippi delegation. Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson voted to pass the bill, while Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Republican Reps. Trent Kelly, Michael Guest and Steven Palazzo voted against it. […]