WJTV-TV Jackson
HHS awards $1.34M to Oxford & MSU for mental health, substance abuse services
NEWS
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Grants to Communicare of Oxford and the Mississippi State...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
MERLE FLOWERS: Google embraces Mississippi
By Merle Flowers
There are two Google Operations Centers in the world – one in the Philippines and the other in India. Google will open its first operations center in the United States and third in the world in...
News Mississippi
$22 Million in CARES Act Funding to help small businesses across Mississippi
By Andi Davis
The Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $22 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs)...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
Pascagoula Fire Department gets new ventilation system with federal money
By Chet Landry
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - The Pascagoula Fire Department got a gubernatorial visit on Thursday. A new ventilation system is in place for firemen in Pascagoula, and they have FEMA to thank.
As...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $1.17 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS
FEMA Grants to Support Safety Upgrades for First Responders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced $1,174,106 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant funding to support safety upgrades for fire departments in eight Mississippi communities.
The grants were awarded under the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program.
“Each year, FEMA...
HYDE-SMITH: MISS. UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES AWARDED $3.5 MILLION FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $3.5 million to 11 Mississippi universities and community colleges for student support services.
The Mississippi institutions were eligible to take advantage of an extended U.S. Department of Education application deadline offered to schools located within federal disaster areas. The Student...
HYDE-SMITH STRESSES VIGILANCE ON EVOLVING ENERGY CYBERSECURITY THREATS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today stressed the need for stronger and continued cooperation among government agencies and industry to ensure the security of the American energy sector, which is under consistent cyberattack from nation...
HYDE-SMITH HAILS MISS. HEROES AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS SENATE WEIGHS ADDED RELIEF MEASURES
Senator Cites an Array of Mississippians in Floor Speech Highlighting Extra Steps Taken to Battle the Pandemic
VIDEO CLIP: Senator Hyde-Smith Praises Heroic Work by Mississippians During Pandemic.
FULL VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Floor Speech.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Senate considers new COVID-19 relief measures, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today delivered a speech praising the extra steps...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME NOMINATION OF BILL COOK TO TVA BOARD
President Trump Picks Oxford Entrepreneur for Five-Year Term
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed President Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Charles William “Bill” Cook, Jr., of Oxford to serve a five-year term on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Wicker and Hyde-Smith recommended Cook for the post earlier this year.
“Bill Cook is a...
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $14.1 MILLION FOR RURAL WATER IMPROVEMENTS IN ALCORN & PONTOTOC COUNTIES
USDA Rural Development Awards Water & Waste Disposal Loans & Grants to Miss.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today welcomed the award of $14.1 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and loan funding for water infrastructure improvements in Alcorn and Pontotoc counties.
USDA Rural Development Water and...
