Mississippi fire departments awarded $1.8M in grant funding

WJTV-TV Jackson

Mississippi fire departments awarded $1.8M in grant funding

NEWS

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced on Friday, fire departments in five Mississippi communities will receive grant funding to support safety upgrades...

Sen. Lankford Introduces PPP Forgiveness Bill

KWON Radio Bartlesville, Okla.

Sen. Lankford Introduces PPP Forgiveness Bill

By Garrett Giles

U.S. Senator for Oklahoma James Lankford announced on Monday that he joined North Dakota Senator Kevin Cramer’s bipartisan Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act.

The act streamlines...

Congress urged to expand COVID resources to tribal governments

KNSS Radio Wichita, Kan.

Congress urged to expand COVID resources to tribal governments

KNSS NEWS

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs – led a group of 11 Senators in urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. House of Representatives...

Airbus helicopters 'essential to the security of the United States'

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Airbus helicopters 'essential to the security of the United States'

By Dennis Seid

COLUMBUS • For nearly 17 years, Airbus has been building helicopters used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as the military in Columbus.

Airbus delivered the...

Roberts Leads Letter to Urge School Meal Flexibility

US Ag Net

Roberts Leads Letter to Urge School Meal Flexibility

Iowa Ag Connection - 08/18/2020

U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, Monday sent a letter to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to urge the Department to...

Women won the right to vote 100 years ago & continue to make progress

The Clinton Courier

Women won the right to vote 100 years ago & continue to make progress

By U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)

In 1980, I voted in my first presidential election. I remember the feeling of excitement walking into my local polling location in Monticello, Mississippi. I was...