USDA delivers $5.4M in grants to area communities

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
 
USDA delivers $5.4M in grants to area communities
 
Daily Journal
 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $5.4 million in rural Mississippi communities that it says will help provide unmet infrastructure, business development and equipment needs...

Ingalls Shipbuilding graduates 110 apprentices into workforce

Mississippi Press
 
Ingalls Shipbuilding graduates 110 apprentices into workforce
 
By Warren Kulo
 
BILOXI, Mississippi -- Ingalls Shipbuilding celebrated the 2018 graduates of its apprentice program with commencement exercises at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center Saturday.
 
U.S...

States blast Trump administration coal plan, mull lawsuits

The Associated Press
 
States blast Trump administration coal plan, mull lawsuits
 
By Susan Haigh
 
HARTFORD, Conn. — States with a history of fighting air pollution generated by coal-fired power plants on Tuesday criticized a move by President Donald Trump’s administration to scale back federal...

Baldwyn grant could create hundreds of jobs, $57M in investment

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
 
Baldwyn grant could create hundreds of jobs, $57M in investment
 
Daily Journal
 
BALDWYN - A $1.5 million grant from the Economic Development Administration will be used to upgrade the natural gas transmission system of the city, and in doing so, the...

Hyde-Smith votes for water infrastructure bill

News Mississippi
 
Hyde-Smith votes for water infrastructure bill
 
By Brittany Land
 
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, voted to send President Trump a bill providing critical funding for flood control, infrastructure, and harbors in Mississippi.
 
The...

Ingalls Shipyard awarded $5.1 billion contract

News Mississippi

Ingalls Shipyard awarded $5.1 billion contract

By Steven Gagliano

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Congressman Steven Palazzo praised the award of a multi-year procurement contract worth more than $5.1 billion for the construction of six DDG-51 Flight III...

Ducks in the Crosshairs

CQ Magazine
 
Ducks in the Crosshairs
 
By Jonathan Miller
 
Duck hunters of the world, rejoice. In September, a bill that would extend duck-hunting season in the U.S. passed the House.
 
The bill (HR 6013) would allow the secretary of the Interior to designate Jan. 31 as the final date for the...

Open to Traffic

The DeSoto Times-Tribune

Open to Traffic

By Robert Lee Long and Bob Bakken

With a crowd of more than 700 gathered underneath a highway overpass on a chilly, blustery morning, the final completed segment of the nation's newest superhighway, I-269, was opened to the public amid fanfare and soaring...