Bolivar Bullet
DSU Receives Federal Grant
The Wiley Planetarium awarded $500,000
The Daily Bullet - Friday, September 13, 2024
Vol. 33 No. 80
Delta State University has announced the Roy L. and Clara Belle Wiley Planetarium has been awarded a $500,000 U.S. Congressional earmark, with funds...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHT MISS. LITERACY PROGRESS AS SENATE PASSES NATIONAL RESOLUTION
Miss. Senators Cosponsored Bipartisan Resolution Designating September as National Literacy Month
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded unanimous Senate passage of a resolution that designates September 2024 as “National Literacy Month” and encourages greater strides to improve literacy for K-12 students nationwide.
Wicker and Hyde-Smith...
HYDE-SMITH REPORTS $6.85 MILLION AWARDED TO REPAIR DISASTER-DAMAGED FEDERAL ROADWAYS IN MISS.
FHWA Emergency Relief Grants Include $4.3 Million for Vicksburg National Military Park & Natchez Trace Repairs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reported that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved more than $6.85 million in emergency relief grants to defray the costs for repairing and reconstructing federal roadways damaged by flooding, storms, and...
Delta Farm Press
U.S. rice sales to Iraq resume after banking issues resolved
Good news for Midsouth rice farmers as U.S. Rice sales to Iraq have resumed.
By Forrest Laws
U.S. rice sales to Iraq have resumed after months of delays due to newly-placed financial restrictions imposed by the U.S...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH URGE MISS. STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM
Sept. 30 Deadline Set for High School Juniors & Seniors to Apply to Leadership Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippi high school juniors and seniors with student leadership roles to apply for the 2025 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
The esteemed USSYP offers $10,000 college scholarships to two junior or senior students from...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi’s 37th Youth Tour
By Daily Leader Staff
The three components of the Cooperative Youth Leaders program are Learn, Grow, and Experience. Eighty-five rising high school seniors from across Mississippi traveled to Washington, DC, in June to...
Magnolia Tribune
Immersive virtual reality lessons coming to Mississippi charter schools
A Mississippi technology company will work with state charter schools to provide professional development and tailored VR content.
By Jeremy Pittari
Students attending one of the 10 charter schools in...
Delta Business Journal
Fiber Optic Groundbreaking
Took place in Mound Bayou on Aug. 5
DBJ
On Monday, (August 5) a groundbreaking ceremony took place in Mound Bayou for an upcoming fiber optic network expansion that will soon take place there. Arriva, formally known as Mound Bayou Telephone &...
USA Rice Daily
Iraq Resumes Purchases of U.S. Rice
Aug 06, 2024
BAGHDAD, IRAQ – After months of uncertainty following U.S. government-imposed financial restrictions, Iraq again is purchasing rice from the United States. Over the weekend, ADM Rice sold a vessel of U.S. rice which will be loaded...
MISS. SENATORS, COLLEAGUES TO NCAA: KEEP BIOLOGICAL MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
Senators Sign Letter Seeking NCAA Student-Athlete Policies that Protect Women’s Sports
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., today encouraged National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Charlie Baker to update the associate’s student-athlete participation policy to require that only biological women can participate in NCAA women’s sports.
The Mississippi...
