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Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
October 5, 2021

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Palazzo praise U.S. Navy contracts for work on Mississippi Gulf Coast

Navy approves $54 million award for United States Marine Inc. and $9.2 million for Rolls Royce foundry work. Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, along with Fourth District Congressman Steven Palazzo, praised the award of two U.S. Navy contracts for shipbuilding-related work on the Mississippi Coast. The Navy awarded a five-year, $54.3 million…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
October 5, 2021

The NFIB files case to provide tax relief for Mississippi businesses

The National Federation of Independent Business has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court on behalf of the Northern District of Texas supporting Texas, Mississippi, challenging the provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that prevents some state’s from using federal funds for small business tax relief. Click here to read the brief. “Small…