Mississippi Levee Board takes strong stand in favor of backwater pumps
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...
Education institutions getting grants through CARES Act
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...
Boozman, other Senators issue plea to leaders for public hospital funding
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...
'Urgent': Bipartisan group of senators urge China to 'immediately close' all wet markets
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...
Senators ask for flexibility in states’ spending of funds
Laurel Leader-Call
Senators ask for flexibility in states’ spending of funds
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith joined Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin requesting...