by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Executive Director Sally Doty announced today that the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff has awarded over $66 million in grants to fifteen electric cooperatives and four broadband providers to unserved and underserved households and businesses in rural Mississippi....
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture – Farm Service Agency has started making payments through the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program – Plus (WHIP+) to agricultural producers who suffered eligible losses because of drought or excess moisture in 2018 and 2019....
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
CARES Act ReConnect Funding to Connect 878 Rural Households to High-Speed Broadband WASHINGTON, July 14, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing more than $16 million to provide broadband...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Late in the evening of Wednesday, July 1, 2020, the Mississippi Legislature adjourned for the year, except they allowed for a limited number of days before October 5th to come back and handle COVID related issues. Though it was a long and interrupted session, Farm...
by rmadmin | Jun 7, 2024 | News
Mississippians experienced a tough week between devastating tornadoes sweeping across the Pine Belt and the state’s COVID-19 pandemic cases peaking, according to state health official predictions. On Easter Sunday, 14 Mississippians lost their lives and countless...