Mississippi Business Journal
Mississippi health centers get $17.9 million to fight corona virus
By Jack Weatherly
Twenty community health centers in Mississippi will receive more than $17.9 million to support their efforts to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. Sen...
News Mississippi
Hyde-Smith seeks greater COVID-19 protections for seniors in high-risk settings
By Andi Davis
Mississippi’s U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has signed a bipartisan letter encouraging federal health officials to consider solutions to protect Medicare beneficiaries from high-risk...
News Mississippi
D.C. Delegation urges SBA to include more MS businesses in ‘Paycheck Protection Program’
By Steven Gagliano
The entire Mississippi congressional delegation, which includes U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson...
Market Screener
Amy Klobuchar : Klobuchar, Hoeven, Smith, and Colleagues Urge Administration to Ensure Continuity of Food Supply by Supporting Farmers During Coronavirus Pandemic
Letter to Secretary Sonny Perdue calls on Administration to make temporary flexibilities on Farm Service Agency (FSA)...
WJTV-TV Jackson
U.S. Navy awards $1.5 billion contract to Huntington Ingalls in Pascagoula
Posted: Apr 3, 2020 / 04:20 PM CDT
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WJTV) – The U.S. Navy awarded a $1.5 billion contract to Mississippi shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls. The company is located in Pascagoula.
The...
WJTV-TV Jackson
34 counties to receive nearly $4.3 million through Secure Rural Schools Program
Posted: Apr 2, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced nearly $4.3 million will be distributed to Mississippi counties through the U.S. Forest Service’s Secure Rural...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
Coast couple returns to U.S. after being stranded by Peru’s coronavirus lockdown
By Alyssa Newton
Fifteen days after a Gulfport couple was stranded in Peru after the country closed its borders, the two are back home and on American soil.
JP and Samantha Stimpson arrived back...
Associated Press
Trump nominates Mississippi judge for 5th US appeals court
The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals is being nominated to serve on a federal appeals court that handles cases for Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, the White House...
Middle East Monitor
US Senators call on Saudi Arabia to leave OPEC
March 27, 2020
A group of US Senators from the ruling Republican Party have urged Saudi Arabia to leave the Organisation of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC), claiming that the kingdom along with Russia is waging an economic...
News Mississippi
Congress sends CARES act to President Trump’s desk
By Steven Gagliano
* This article has been updated to reflect that President Trump has signed the bill into law.
Shortly after Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, President Trump...
