Progressive Railroading
FRA awards millions in funds to restore Gulf Coast Amtrak service, construct Virginia rail bridge
Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith (both R-Miss.), and Mark Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-Va.) yesterday announced...
Natchez Democrat
Feds award $52 million to revive Gloster railroad in Southwest Mississippi
By Stacy Graning
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced the award of $52 million to restore the Gloster Southern Railroad system in southwest Mississippi.
Hyde-Smith, ranking...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Congressman to host roundtable at Key Field National Guard Base on Monday
by Kelly Bennett
Congressman Michael Guest, R-Miss., will be hosting a roundtable discussion at the Key Field Air National Guard Base in Meridian on Monday.
The base is one of only a few hangars...
Meridian Star
Two local banks to receive federal grants
Staff report
Two Meridian banks, as well as a third in DeKalb, will each receive more than $450,000 in federal funding to support loans and investments in economically distressed areas.
Citizens National Bank and Great Southern Bank, both...
National Review
GOP Senators Demand ‘Immediate Withdrawal’ of DOJ’s Proposed Gun-Control Regulation
By David Zimmermann
Senator Roger Marshall (R., Kan.) and six other Republican senators submitted a letter to U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland on Thursday, voicing their “strong opposition”...
The Center Square
Federal proposal would stop the forced advancement of 'radical political agendas'
By Victor Skinner | The Center Square contributor
(The Center Square) – The Human Rights Campaign’s Healthcare Equality Index is pushing health care facilities to align with a “radical gender...
Fox News
GOP leaders push to protect gun owners and prevent Biden from declaring health emergency over gun violence
GOP leaders blast New Mexico governor for trying to issue national health emergency over gun violence
By Jamie Joseph
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., and fourteen other GOP...
Meridian Star
EMCC receives $3 million EDA grant
Staff report
East Mississippi Community College in Scooba will receive a $3 million U.S. Economic Development Administration grant to construct a new industrial training facility on campus, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced.
T...
WJTV-TV Jackson
$52 million grant to revive Gloster rail service
By Kristopher White
GLOSTER, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced the award of $52 million to restore the Gloster Southern Railroad system in southwest Mississippi.
The Town of Gloster applied for a...
Lake Charles (La.) American Press
Cassidy, colleagues demand Schumer reverse ‘absurd’ Senate dress code rules
By American Press Staff
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Rick Scott (R-FL) and 44 Republican colleagues have urged Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to reverse his recent...
