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U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Congressman Steven Palazzo announced the award of $9.77 million for improvements to 20 airports across Mississippi. The grants...
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Entergy gives $75K to 10 Mississippi Counties
by Alex Paton
Ten Mississippi counties will share $75,000 in grants for projects to make them more competitive among companies looking to establish or expand their operations. In...
Grants announced to help lower commercial truck-related accidents
by Sarah Ulmer
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today announced two federal grants worth $1.08 million to help lower the rate of commercial truck-related accidents and fatalities in...
Mississippi fire departments to receive federal boost
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has reported that four fire departments in Mississippi have been awarded nearly $700,000 in federal Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)...
U.S. Treasury clears $80.9 million plan for the Mississippi Gulf Coast
The U. S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has accepted Mississippi’s $80.9 million amended Multiyear Implementation Plan (MIP) which added six projects and a planning...
FAA grants boost Mississippi airports
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved two new Airport Improvement Program grants for South Mississippi, including $2.3 million for the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport and...
Volunteer Mississippi receives federal funds to keep doing good
by Sarah Ulmer
The Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service, the Governor-appointed state service commission, announced today that Mississippi has received $3.12 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation...
Mississippi Manufacturers Association announces partnership with federal group
The Mississippi Manufacturers Association has announced the expansion of the fellowship with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Governor Phil Bryant spoke to the importance of a partnership...
Cochran, Wicker announce Americorps grants
U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) today announced $5.0 million in AmeriCorps grants to support tutorial and mentor programs in Mississippi. The...
Two grants to highlight Emmett Till, preserve Civil Rights History
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have announced that projects to preserve and highlight the Civil Rights Movement in two...