NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 3 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Mississippi names 2025 economic development grant winners * JACKSON, Miss. - Nine communities in Entergy Mississippi's service area will receive the company's annual economic development grant to help boost business growth in their communities. The grants are awarded through the Excellerator Competitive Communities program, which helps communities within Entergy's service area exp  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES BILL TO SAVE FAMILY FARMS FROM THE FEDERAL 'DEATH TAX' * The 'HERITAGE Act' Updates IRS Valuation Limits to Allow More Families to Keep Their Farms After a Family Death WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today introduced the HERITAGE Act, legislation to ensure family farms and ranches can survive by helping heirs avoid having to sell productive   more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH PRAISES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FOR RESCINDING BIDEN-ERA ABORTION GUIDANCE * CMS Cancels Biden Effort to Twist the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act into an Abortion Mandate WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today issued the following statement regarding the Trump administration's action to rescind a Biden  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE ADVANCE 'WHOLE MILK FOR HEALTHY KIDS ACT' * Senate Ag Committee Approves Bipartisan Bill to Expand Healthy Milk Options in Schools WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to approve bipartisan legislation she cosponsored to allow schools to again serve whole and reduced-fat milk as part of the National School Lunch Program. Hyde-Smith s  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, EDUCATION SEC. AGREE PELL GRANTS SHOULD SUPPORT SHORT-TERM JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS * Hyde-Smith Focuses on Workforce Development during Dept. of Education Budget Review Hearing VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith and Education Secretary Linda McMahon Discuss Expanding Scope of Pell Grants, Other Funds. WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Education Secretary Lind  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 4 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU historian's book explores complex legacy of Cassius Marcellus Clay A Mississippi State University administrator and faculty member reckons with the contradictions of America's antislavery movement in a forthcoming biography of U.S. Civil War figure Cassius Marcellus Clay. Anne Marshall, executive director of MSU's Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and associate professor of history, is th  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 4 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU's newly renamed Department of Communication, Media and Theatre earns national accreditation STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State University's newly renamed Department of Communication, Media and Theatre is now nationally accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications for its undergraduate programs in broadcast and digital journalism, public relations a  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Subcommittee Chairman Ezell Hosts U.S. Coast Guard Acting Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday for Tour of Mississippi's Fourth District * Congressman Mike Ezell (MS-04) welcomed U.S. Coast Guard Acting Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday to Mississippi's Fourth Congressional District last week for a series of briefings and site visits focused on domestic shipbuilding, Coast Guard operations, and maritime s  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: * * * USACE Vicksburg District announces Feasibility Agreement with City of Batesville The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has entered into a Feasibility Agreement (FA) with the City of Batesville, Mississippi, as part of the Continuing Authorities Program (CAP). The signing ceremony was held at the Batesville Mounds Complex Museum on May 22, 2025,  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, June 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: * * * USACE Vicksburg District announces Project Partnership Agreement with City of Columbus The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District has entered into a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) with the City of Columbus, Mississippi, as part of the Mississippi Environmental Infrastructure Program (Section 592). For the city of Columbus, Mayor Keith Gaskin sig  more