Navy discharges first sailors for not getting vaccinatedNavy
The Navy has discharged its first sailors who refused the COVID-19 vaccine. The discharges came Tuesday, marking the first time it has thrown currently serving sailors out of…
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Ingalls Shipbuilding suspends vaccination deadline
Mississippi Gulf Coast-based Ingalls Shipbuilding has suspended its vaccination mandate. CEO Mike Petters released a letter to his employees confirming that their contracts, except for specific ones, do not include a…
Mississippi Attorney General files suit against vaccine mandate
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has joined two other attorney generals in filing a lawsuit to stop President Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal contractors. Governor Reeves said he…
Ingalls employees hold vaccine mandate protest in Pascagoula
Vaccine mandate protests have been popping up along the Coast and employees at Ingalls Shipbuilding holding the latest one today. Ingalls employees, their friends, and families took a stand…
Mississippi Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith on vaccine mandate
Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced they have joined a congressional review act challenge to stop President Biden’s vaccine mandate. The mandate says private businesses…
Governor Reeves promises lawsuit fighting federal vaccine mandates
Governor Tate Reeves is speaking out against federal mandates for COVID vaccines, saying its nothing short of ‘tyranny.’ He made a post on Facebook Tuesday telling people he’s…
No COVID vaccine mandate at Mississippi University for Women
COLUMBUS, Miss. - The president of Mississippi University for Women says the school will not require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Nora Miller says the university does not have federal contracts and so is not at risk of losing…
Some workers at Stennis Space Center to protest vaccine rules
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Some workers at a sprawling space center near the Mississippi-Louisiana line plan to protest federal requirements that they become vaccinated against COVID-19. The John C. Stennis Space Center workers plan a prayer rally Tuesday afternoon in…
Texas governor orders ban on private company vaccine mandate
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday to prohibit any entity, including private business, from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on workers and called on state lawmakers to pass a similar ban into law.…
Biden to require vaccines for nursing home staff
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will require that nursing home staff are vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. Biden will announce the move…