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News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 21, 2019

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, & Palazzo Announce $5.35M Grant for Downtown Gulfport Bridge

Mississippi Department of Transportation to Receive Additional $5.68M for Transit Improvements U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and U.S. Representative Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., today announced the award of a $5,351,155 grant to the Coast Transit Authority (CTA) to fund the final phase of construction for a bridge over U.S. 90/Beach Boulevard in…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 21, 2019

Governor’s Obesity Initiative Gets Marching Orders

Today the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) and the Mississippi Community Education Center (formerly Families First for Mississippi) hosted a Taking Charge for a Healthy Mississippi summit of around 150 health professionals and community leaders working to combat the growing number of obese adults and children in the state. This is the second meeting…