Vicksburg, Miss. (Vicksburg Post) - Bills affecting technology, workforce training, and health care — with some side trips to deal with COVID-19 issues — were among the highlights of Mississippi’s Legislature during its 2020 and 2021 sessions, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Wednesday. Speaking to members of the Vicksburg-Warren Chamber of Commerce at their monthly [...]
Jackson, Miss. (Northside Sun) - Right now, Mississippi ranks 42nd in the country when it comes to broadband access. Broadband is fast internet, and without it, local businesses can’t compete, and communities have a tough time attracting jobs. Thankfully, that’s beginning to change. Last month, the state Public Service Commission awarded $268 million to local [...]
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Jackson, Miss. (Northside Sun) - Delbert Hosemann is urging city and county government officials all around Mississippi to not only think big but also to think long-term. They need to listen to the lieutenant governor as they ponder what to do with nearly $1 billion that collectively fell in their laps when Congress, at the [...]
Jackson, Miss. (Northside Sun) - Delbert Hosemann is urging city and county government officials all around Mississippi to not only think big but also to think long-term. They need to listen to the lieutenant governor as they ponder what to do with nearly $1 billion that collectively fell in their laps when Congress, at the [...]
Jackson, Miss. (WLBT) - It’s not often that good things come from challenging circumstances, but that’s exactly what happened in Mississippi with the recent passage of computer science education legislation for all public schools in our state. A global health crisis that dramatically impacted the lives of all Mississippians and forced many K-12 students to [...]
Hattiesburg, Miss. (WDAM) - Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann visited Pine Belt leaders Wednesday and share updates from the legislature about incoming federal funding. Hosemann attended the ribbon-cutting for Pearl River Community College’s new medical simulation lab in Forrest County. In a meeting with local leaders, he answered questions and shared a few of the dollar [...]
Hattiesburg, Miss. (Pine Belt News) - For many students in the health sciences field at Pearl River Community College, their first time dealing with patients and equipment would most likely be in a laboratory or clinical setting. Now, however, those students have a chance to get hands-on experience – and a whole new level of [...]
Pascagoula (WXXV) - Mississippi’s number two politician is here on the Coast this week meeting with local leaders in the three coastal counties with a look ahead to next year’s legislative session and what types of local projects might be on the horizon. Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann kicked off his two-day listening tour of the [...]
Jackson, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - Mississippi’s state-funded pre-kindergarten program has again received high marks in a national report that measures the quality of state-funded education for 3- and 4-year-olds nationally. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) identified Mississippi as one of only six states in the nation whose pre-K program meets all 10 [...]
