Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers

Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark. 

Boozman, Cotton seek relief for Arkansas’ aquaculture farmers

By Special to The Commercial

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton of Arkansas have joined colleagues to encourage the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide Coronavirus Aid...

Mississippi health providers receive $375 million for relief payments

News Mississippi

Mississippi health providers receive $375 million for relief payments

By Steven Gagliano

The initial flow of federal funding has made its way to Mississippi following the March passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. 

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde...

Education institutions getting grants through CARES Act

Laurel Leader-Call

Education institutions getting grants through CARES Act

Apr 10, 2020

U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee provided the following figures for CARES Act grants from the U.S...

Senators ask for flexibility in states’ spending of funds

Laurel Leader-Call

Senators ask for flexibility in states’ spending of funds

Apr 10, 2020

U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith joined Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin requesting...

Sens. Graham, Coons call on China to 'immediately' shut down wet markets

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Sens. Graham, Coons call on China to 'immediately' shut down wet markets

By Brooke Singman 

Sens. Lindsey Graham, Chris Coons and a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday “urgently” requested that China “immediately” close all operating wet markets amid the coronavirus pandemic in a...

Mississippi health centers get $17.9 million to fight corona virus

Mississippi Business Journal

Mississippi health centers get $17.9 million to fight corona virus

By Jack Weatherly 

Twenty community health centers in Mississippi will receive more than $17.9 million to support their efforts to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. Sen...