CTA receives $7.9 million in CARES Act funding

WLOX-TV Biloxi

CTA receives $7.9 million in CARES Act funding

By WLOX Staff

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Federal Transportation Administration has awarded $7.9 million to the Mississippi Coast Transit Authority through CARES Act funding.

The CTA will use these funds to continue providing transit...

East Mississippi airports receive federal grants for upgrades

Meridian Star

East Mississippi airports receive federal grants for upgrades

By Bill Graham 
 
Two airports in East Mississippi are in line for federal grants to improve their facilities. 

The FAA grants include full reimbursement for the local match requirement as a result of the CARES Act...

Mississippi fire departments awarded $1.8M in grant funding

WJTV-TV Jackson

Mississippi fire departments awarded $1.8M in grant funding

NEWS

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced on Friday, fire departments in five Mississippi communities will receive grant funding to support safety upgrades...

Congress urged to expand COVID resources to tribal governments

KNSS Radio Wichita, Kan.

Congress urged to expand COVID resources to tribal governments

KNSS NEWS

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs – led a group of 11 Senators in urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. House of Representatives...

Sen. Lankford Introduces PPP Forgiveness Bill

KWON Radio Bartlesville, Okla.

Sen. Lankford Introduces PPP Forgiveness Bill

By Garrett Giles

U.S. Senator for Oklahoma James Lankford announced on Monday that he joined North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer’s bipartisan Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act.

The act streamlines...