News Mississippi
Lawmakers seek to expand student access to food
By Steven Gagliano
A bipartisan bill in D.C. could help increase access to food for students during the summer months.
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the Hunger-Free Summer for Kids Act of 2019, which give...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Northeast Mississippi airports receiving nearly $800,000 in grants
Daily Journal
Five airports in Northeast Mississippi are among 18 across the state receiving grants totaling $4.81 million.
The grants were announced by the state's U.S. Senators, Roger...
Clarksville (Tenn.) Online
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn, Dianne Feinstein introduce Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings (PALS) Act of 2019
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, June 20th, 2019, S. 1936, the Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings (PALS) Act of 2019 was introduced by Senators...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting
After a Veto, Pump Talks Continue in the Mississippi Delta
By Alexandra Watts
Recent flooding in the South Mississippi Delta is reigniting conversations about a controversial pump project. MPB’s Alexandra Watts reports on why people are for and against the pumps...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Alcorn State University awarded $1.2 million from National Science Foundation grant
By Josh Carter
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith along with Congressman Bennie Thompson announced Tuesday that Alcorn State University will be awarded $1,199,998...
Vicksburg Post
State’s delegation asks Trump for disaster declaration
By Staff Reports
Mississippi’s congressional delegation sent a letter to President Trump Monday asking him to grant Gov. Phil Bryant’s request for a major federal disaster declaration in the wake of devastating storms and...
Bretibart
Bill Cassidy Proposes to Prevent Americans from Subsidizing Health Care for Illegal Aliens
By Sean Moran
As California remains poised to adopt a bill that would give full Medicaid benefits to illegal immigrants, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and other Senate Republicans proposed legislation...
Naval Technology
Taylor Defense Products to extend life of US Marine Corps cranes
Taylor Defense Products has secured an indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity contract to repair and maintain all-terrain cranes for the US Marine Corps.
The contract is worth up to $84m and was awarded as part...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Flooded residents: Finish the pumps
By Luke Horton, publisher
On a recent trip up Hwy. 61 to Lake Washington, I saw first-hand the devastation backwater flooding has brought to the lower Delta.
Fields have turned to lakes. Homes have been submerged. Lives have been ruined...
San Diego Jewish World
U.S. Senate condemns anti- Semitism
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –– StandWithUs commends the US Senate for passing unanimously a Resolution Condemning all forms of antisemitism on June 13, 2019. The resolution was announced five days after a gunman burst into a synagogue...
