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Apr 21, 2024 · Stacker cited data from the U.S. Drought Monitor to identify the counties in Mississippi with the worst droughts in the week leading up to April 9, 2024. Counties are listed in order of...
6 days ago · A Bitter Southerner article from 2021 pointed out that almost half of Arkansas’s counties are dry, for instance; a few years earlier, The Economist estimated that 18,000,000 Americans live in counties where alcohol is illegal. Selling alcohol is one thing, though — consuming it is another.
Apr 30, 2024 · The overall driest county is Utah’s eponymous county, Utah, with only 9.04 percent of the population considered as excess drinkers. Greene, Alabama (9.44 percent), Catron, New Mexico...
4 days ago · Dry Counties Could Sell Alcohol. Dry counties may soon be able to hold an election for voters to determine whether the county should sell alcohol under a bill the House and Senate sent to Gov. Tate Reeves on May 4. At least 20% of a county’s residents would have to sign a petition to put alcohol sales on the ballot under House Bill 1161. The ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Yes, individuals in dry counties often have the option to travel to adjacent wet counties to purchase alcohol legally. This is known as “liquor-by-the-drink,” where individuals can purchase alcohol for consumption off-premises and then bring it back to the dry county.
Apr 15, 2024 · Landowners experiencing drought related losses, including pine decline, of eligible trees planted on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres may be eligible for up to 50% cost-share, not to exceed the Mississippi state average cost, to rehabilitate and replant the trees.
Apr 16, 2024 · Help is on the way for Mississippi forest landowners impacted by last year’s drought and the subsequent infestation of beetles that destroyed trees across the state. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Monday approved Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) signup in all 82 counties in Mississippi. A 120-day period for landowners to ...
