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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 11, 2020

Lawmakers leave the Capitol without a budget for DMR yet again

Lawmakers have adjourned, for the time being in the 2020 Legislative Session, without a budget for the Department of Marine Resources, once again. The debate over approving the department’s budget stems from a disagreement within the Legislature on how GOMESA projects should be directed, either through the Legislature or by the Governor. This same point…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 11, 2020

Mississippi lawmakers announce $1.82 million in federal transit funding for Hattiesburg’s Hub City Transit

U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced a $1.82 million Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant to increase usage of the City of Hattiesburg transit system. The FTA Buses and Bus Facilities Program grant, when combined with $784,800 in local matching funds, will allow the city to…