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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 [...]

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 [...]

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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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 learn remotely was a major factor in the decision by state lawmakers to adopt legislation that paves the way for computer science curriculum by the 2024 academic year. A big thank you goes to Gov. Tate Reeves for signing the Mississippi Computer Science and Cyber Education Equality Act into law and to Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and Speaker Phillip Gunn who oversaw efforts to pass [...]