Starkville Daily News
MSU receives federal grant for makerspace
By Charlie Benton
STARKVILLE, MS - Plans for a makerspace downtown took a significant step forward with a $100,000 grant presented at the Mississippi State University Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (E-Center).
The U.S...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Application process open for U.S. Senate Youth Program
By Liz Carroll
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Wanted: Students interested in history and policy. Incentive: All expense paid trip to Washington D.C. and a $10,000 college scholarship.
Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker are...
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...
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...
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...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
FEMA grant will help Harrison County schools make roofs stronger against storm winds
By Robin Fitzgerald
Eight Harrison County schools in need of stronger roofs to withstand hurricane-force winds of up to 180 mph will benefit from a federal grant of nearly $7 million...
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...
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...
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...
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...
