AASHTO releases report on stimulus
A new report — “Projects and Paychecks: a One-Year Report on State Transportation Successes under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” — finds that more than 280,000 jobs were created and more...
View ArticleSmall businesses can benefit from stimulus plan
What does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), better known as the stimulus plan, mean for small businesses in Mississippi? Among the plan’s provisions available to aid small businesses...
View ArticleStimulus funds help fill funding shortfalls
One-time influx helps keep schools afloat With state revenues in decline because of lower tax collections linked to the ailing economy, the hundreds of millions in federal stimulus funding for...
View ArticleOne company’s trash…
The pyrotechnical display routinely provided by Sanderson Farms Inc.’s plant in Collins is no more as the company has found a better — and more profitable — way of disposing of “unwanted” methane gas....
View ArticleJohnson Construction lands stimulus-funded contract
BRANDON — Johnson Construction has been awarded a contract by the State of Mississippi to oversee energy upgrades to various state-owned facilities throughout Mississippi. Terms were not disclosed....
View ArticleLawmakers want Barbour to divulge stimulus spending
JACKSON — Several lawmakers say it’s been difficult to get information from Republican Gov. Haley Barbour on how he’s spending nearly $50 million in federal stimulus money he’s allowed to use at his...
View ArticleState buildings to be retrofitted with “smart” electric meters
More than 1,000 state-owned buildings in Mississippi, including those on the campuses of community colleges and state universities, are being retrofitted with “smart” electric meters as part of a...
View ArticleAccounting for stimulus funding
For the construction industry, funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has been a much-needed boost to their bottom line. Mississippi roadbuilders alone have been granted...
View ArticleTransit system gets extension as construction misses deadline
NATCHEZ — The Natchez Transit System has received an extension to complete the new regional transit facility and is scheduled to move its operations to the facility in December. NTS executive director...
View ArticleRibbon to be cut on new multi-use transportation center
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Natchez Regional Transit Center. The ceremony will be held Nov. 15 beginning at 10 a.m. on the...
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