WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi to receive $47.1 million from HHS to support families with child care options
Apr 14, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced that Mississippi will receive $47,131,386 in the Child Care and Development Block Grant funding. This is part of...
Mississippi Press
Local airports to receive federal grant money to help offset economic losses during COVID-19 outbreak
By Warren Kulo
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport will receive the lion’s share of nearly $35 million in grants awarded by the federal government to...
Marine Link
USMI Awarded Contract to Build Special Ops Vessels
April 13, 2020
United States Marine, Inc. (USMI) has been awarded a $108 million contract to produce vessels for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
The Gulfport, Miss. based shipbuilder will use the five-year, indefinite...
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...
Hattiesburg American
'We took a pretty hard punch.' Reeves speaks in Soso after air tour of tornado damage
WATCH: Gov. Reeves addresses tornado damage in Soso
By Ellen Ciurczak, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 2:20 p.m. CT April 14, 2020 | Updated 2:22 p.m. CT April 14, 2020
Gov. Tate...
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...
Vicksburg Post
Mississippi Levee Board takes strong stand in favor of backwater pumps
By Tim Reeves
The Mississippi Levee Board has taken an official stand in full support of the completion of the backwater pumps project.
In a statement released Wednesday, the board not only issued its strong...
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...
Magnolia Banner-News
Boozman, other Senators issue plea to leaders for public hospital funding
By Banner-News
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) has urged Senate leadership to expand eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to public hospitals.
The Small Business Administration...
Washington Examiner
'Urgent': Bipartisan group of senators urge China to 'immediately close' all wet markets
By Jerry Dunleavy
A bipartisan group of senators called upon China to ban all of its live wildlife markets, also known as “wet markets," believed to be the source of many deadly infectious...
