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...
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...
WTVA-TV Tupelo
Mississippi schools can provide free meals this fall, Sen. Hyde-Smith says
Schools in Mississippi can now provide free meals to students as the nation continues to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
By: Zac Carlisle
JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., says...
Washington Times
COVID-19 pandemic dramatically alters school lunch programs across U.S.
USDA should continue to extend "universal free lunch"
By Brian McNicoll, ANALYSIS/OPINION
No more cafeteria food fights. No more rules against eating in class. No more scrounging for change to pay for school...
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...
Mississippi State University News
FAA announces $7.5 million more in grants for Mississippi State-led ASSURE researching safe integration of drones into national airspace
By Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.—U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao has announced additional grants being...
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...
Florida Daily
Marco Rubio Urges Treasury Department be More Flexible With CARES Act Relief Funds
By Florida Daily
At the end of last week, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., signed a letter to U.S. Treasury Sec. Steven Mnuchin calling on him to increase the flexibility of the CARES Act Coronavirus...
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...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Airbus helicopters 'essential to the security of the United States'
By Dennis Seid
COLUMBUS • For nearly 17 years, Airbus has been building helicopters used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as the military in Columbus.
Airbus delivered the...
