WXXV-TV Gulfport
Passenger Rail Service Back on Track for the Coast
By Payton Malone
The project to bring Amtrak back to South Mississippi is back on track.
This afternoon, representatives from the Southern Rail Commission told the Biloxi City Council the funds for the project are close...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Amtrak plans could mean boost for Brookhaven
By Daily Leader Staff
Amtrak’s plans to overhaul its rail network and boost passenger service in the South could mean more trains and tourists for Brookhaven.
A Wall Street Journal story detailed Amtrak’s plans to add...
Christian News Network
Trump’s HHS Department Bars Abortion Facilities From Federal Family Planning Funding
By Heather Clark
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the finalization of its rule changes to the federal Title X family planning services...
Mississippi Today
Delta-based programs get $2.7 million to help youths get GED, vocational job training
By Aallyah Wright
CLARKSDALE – Three organizations in the Mississippi Delta that focus on economic development and job training will get about $2.7 million from the U.S. Department of...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
ROGER WICKER: U.S. Senate Votes to Recognize Evers Home in Jackson, Strengthen HBCUs
By Roger Wicker
Feb 18, 2019
In a few weeks, I will take a pilgrimage with an icon of the civil rights movement. I will join a tour of civil rights landmarks in...
The Grio
Senate approves bills to strengthen federal support for HBCU’s
By Ny Magee
The U.S. Senate recently passed a pair of bills that will help strengthen federal support for HBCU’s.
According to the Philadelphia Tribune, the HBCU Propelling Agency Relationships Towards a New Era of...
News Blaze
Duck Hunting Season Now Changing Thanks To The Senate
By Khurram Aziz
For decades, duck hunters in States such as Mississippi have been calling out for changes to duck hunting season. It now appears that their calls have been heard. This is all due to a bill passed in the Senate...
American Academy of Family Physicians
AAFP Applauds GME Senate Bill Aimed at Rural Shortages
News Staff
With last spring's stalled Rural Physician Workforce Production Act of 2018(www.congress.gov) barely having receded into memory, a 2019 version has been introduced in the early days of...
News Mississippi
Wicker, Hyde-Smith commend passage of HBCU Partnership Act
By Brittany Land
The U.S. Senate approved legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith to strengthen partnerships between federal agencies and Historically Black Colleges and...
Hub City Spokes
Two More Forrest Co. Safe Rooms Get Funding
By Haskel Burns
Funding has been approved for two more safe rooms at schools in Forrest County – one at Petal Upper Elementary and another at Rawls Springs Attendance Center – bringing the number of school safe rooms in the county...
