PRESS RELEASE: Former Newspaper Publisher, Public Schools Advocate Named to State Board of Education by Lt. Gov.
Brookhaven, Miss.—A former newspaper publisher, businessman, and public schools advocate will soon join the ranks of the Mississippi State Board of Education. William (“Bill”) O. Jacobs of Brookhaven, appointee of Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann, will serve a three-year term ending in July 2024, pending confirmation by the Mississippi Senate. Jacobs replaces former Board Chairman Jason Dean, who stepped down in February 2021. The Mississippi State Board of Education includes nine members from across the State, with two appointed at-large by the Lieutenant Governor. The Board oversees the State Department of Education, working with the State Superintendent of Education to establish statewide education policy ranging from curriculum to accountability. Mississippi currently has about 450,000 public school students. “Bill Jacobs has spent [...]
Hosemann Reviews 2021, 2022 Sessions
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 lunch meeting, Hosemann discussed the Legislature’s activities during its past two sessions, with a glimpse of future issues facing the state. Hosemann said the Legislature began 2020 dealing with the effects of COVID-19 on the state’s small businesses by approving $300 million in relief for small businesses. “Our small businesses were struggling, our restaurant industry was collapsing,” he said. “When you look at the $300 [...]
Opinion: Broadband Becoming Reality with Lt. Gov. Support
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 electric cooperatives across the state to deliver broadband to over 102,000 homes and businesses. This comes after the legislature passed Senate Bill 2798, which is going to let power companies use their lines to expand broadband access to rural Mississippi. “Rural Mississippi,’ you know, is just about everywhere but Jackson,” Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said recently when joined my association, the National Federation of Independent [...]
NCSL Town Hall: An Interview with Lt. Governor Hosemann
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Editorial: Lt. Gov. Right to Think Long-Term on Relief Funds
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 prodding of President Joe Biden, enacted the federal government’s latest round of coronavirus relief. Argue however you will about whether $1.9 trillion — on top of the nearly $4 trillion Congress had previously allocated to deal with the health and economic crises created by the COVID-19 pandemic — was excessive. But assuming Mississippi has no intention of giving the money back, the American Rescue Plan [...]
Editorial: Lt. Gov. Right to Think Long-Term on Relief Funds
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 prodding of President Joe Biden, enacted the federal government’s latest round of coronavirus relief. Argue however you will about whether $1.9 trillion — on top of the nearly $4 trillion Congress had previously allocated to deal with the health and economic crises created by the COVID-19 pandemic — was excessive. But assuming Mississippi has no intention of giving the money back, the American Rescue Plan [...]