by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: agency, ambulance, city government, federal government, grant, health care, hospital, medical, medicine, municipal, municipality, transportation
STARKVILLE — The city of Starkville is reapplying for an ambulance services grant for which officials previously thought they were ineligible. Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman tells The Commercial Dispatch the city is in the process of working with OCH Regional Medical Center to prepare a new application for the $14,000 grant provided by the Emergency [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 15,2013
Tags: aerodefense, aerospace, aid, college, defense, development, funding, grant, high technology, military, public university, research, researcher, rocket, science, scientist, space, space exploration, spaceship
STARKVILLE — NASA has awarded grants to nine universities for advanced development activities for the nation’s next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency is providing approximately $2.25 million that will be shared by all the proposals under this NASA Research Announcement to seek solutions to evolve the launch vehicle from its initial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: college, community college, enrollment, financial aid, grant, higher education, junior college, learn, learning, student, tuition, university
JACKSON — New regulations enacted by Congress in June have stripped Pell Grant eligibility from nearly 3,000 Mississippi students. According to a recently completed study of the impact of the new Pell Grant regulations on Mississippi two-year colleges, the changes led to lower enrollments for the fall 2012 semester at 14 of the state’s 15 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 27,2012
Tags: agency, bribe, bribery, contract, court, economic development, employee, federal, government, grant, justice, law, legal, plea, state, worker
GREENVILLE — A former state employee has waived an arraignment hearing and pleaded not guilty to charges of taking bribes for steering work to a Mound Bayou contractor. Former Mississippi Development Authority worker Connie Lewis, 52, of Jackson faces nine counts of bribery. She’s accused of accepting more than $250,000 from Jimmy Stokes to use [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 18,2012
Tags: agency, cleanup, damage, deadline, debris, destruction, disaster recovery, federal, flood, flooding, fund, funding, government, grant, hail, hurricane, natural disaster, rain, state, storm, tropical, wind
VICKSBURG — Warren County and Vicksburg want to decide before the end of 2012 on how to spend a remaining $1.75 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery money. The Vicksburg Post reports the money runs out in 2013. The county got $3.8 million in 2008 to clean drainage ditches inside Vicksburg. Warren County was among 49 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 4,2012
Tags: board of supervisors, county, economic development, employ, employee, employer, employment, government, grant, incentive, job, Site Selection, work, worker
LOWNDES COUNTY — Lowndes County will apply for a $1 million that supervisors hope will bring in a new company and 44 jobs. WCBI-TV in Columbus reports neither supervisors nor economic development officials would name the company. Officials did say the is considering locating the county’s 100,000-square-foot building that was completed three years ago in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 20,2012
Tags: death, disaster, ecosystem, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, grant, higher education, laboratory, natural gas, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, public university, research, restaurant, seafood, study, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory is receiving funding to support an enhanced multi-state research program examining effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico. The award is among 19 grants out of 629 letters of intent announced recently by the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative. Approximately $20 million will [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 9,2012
Tags: Closing, closure, economic development, employee, employer, employment, fund, funding, government, grant, hardware, incentive, job, layoff, refund, repayment, state agency, storage, unemployment, warehouse, warehousing, work, worker
Handy Hardware, a Texas-based hardware store cooperative, plans to close its two-year-old Meridian warehouse on Dec. 31, laying off 109 workers. The Mississippi Business Journal earlier reported the facility was closing after receiving a release from the Office of Mayor in Meridian. Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Dan Turner said the state contributed a $3.6 million [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 8,2012
Tags: executive, federal government, goods, grant, job, port, state government, transportation, travel, warehouse, warehousing, work
GULFPORT — Gov. Phil Bryant says he wants quicker action on issues stalling development at the Port of Gulfport. Bryant says the project needs to move forward and produces 1,200 new jobs in order for officials to avoid the chance of losing $500 million in federal money. The governor is worried the project’s unused funds [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: drug, education, grant, higher education, learn, learning, medical, medicine, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, public university, research and development, school, student, teach, teaching
OXFORD — The University of Mississippi and its School of Pharmacy have received a five-year, $10-million Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE, grant from the National Institutes of Health. COBRE is one of the main components for NIH’s Institutional Development Award program, which is designed to broaden funding for biomedical and behavioral research. The [...] [...]
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