WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Bennie Thompson Announces Tougaloo College Awarded Over $2.2 Million From National Science Foundation * BOLTON, MS - Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) is pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Tougaloo College a grant totaling $2,245,846.00 for the project titled "Implementation Project: Strengthening the STEM Pathway through a Holistic M  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cohen Announces Delta Regional Authority Grants * Funding for the Boys and Girls Club and University of Memphis WASHINGTON - Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) today announced that the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) will provide $7 million for 25 workforce development projects throughout the lower Mississippi River Delta, including two in Memphis. The Boys and Girls Club of Memphis will  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS RENEWING TYPE I DIABETES PROGRAM AS PANEL REVIEWS PROGRESS TOWARD A CURE * Following Hearing, Hyde-Smith Meets Mississippi Delegate to Breakthrough T1D 2025 Children's Congress VIDEO: Senator Hyde-Smith Looks Toward Type I Cure, Better Early Detection Efforts. PHOTO: Senator Hyde-Smith with KJ, a Mississippi Delegate to the Breakthrough T1D 2025 Children's Congress.   more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH, COMMITTEE APPROVE FY26 AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL * Miss. Senator Worked to Advance Miss. Agriculture, Rural & Nutrition Interests in Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped provide unanimous committee approval of funding legislation that would direct funding and support for agricultural and rural development needs in Mississippi. Hyd  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama, Birmingham Campus, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, establishing a cultural affiliation with five Indian tribes and native Hawaiian organizations. This includes the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. This action is in accordance with the N  more