Presley plans to push for electric co-ops to bring internet to rural Mississippi
In 1935, in the back room of McPeters Furniture store in Corinth, a handful of residents devised a plan that reshaped rural America.
Up until then, electricity was almost exclusively a benefit of living in cities and the big city utility companies showed no interest in absorbing the cost of extending electricity to sparsely-populated areas.
Under Trump, new transportation grants ditch bikes, walkways
Forget about bike-share stations in Chicago or pedestrian walkways in Oakland. That’s so Obama-era.
Rural tourism workshop set for June 1-2 in West Point
A rural tourism workshop on June 1-2 in West Point will focus on technology and offer new ideas for attracting visitors to the state’s hidden treasures.
High-speed Internet coming to more schools in poor or rural areas
The Federal Communications Commission agreed Thursday to dramatically boost spending to bring high-speed Internet access to schools and libraries in poor or rural areas, a move that would likely increase Americans’ phone bills by about $2 a year.
In Columbus, Rural Physicians head talks need for doctors
Mississippi is full of small towns that few people care about, aside, of course, from the people who live in those towns.
Presley still trying to ‘Zap the Gap’
Thursday in a meeting at the Lowndes County Courthouse, the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s Northern District commissioner updated residents on the on the latest efforts to bring high speed Internet and cell phone service to rural areas — an infrastructure many areas across the state still lack, he said.
Congress eyes milk prices in farm talks
WASHINGTON — The fight over renewing the nation’s farm bill has centered on cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. But there could be
Presley announces rural high-speed Internet effort
Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley appeared in Lowndes County yesterday to announce an initiative to bring high-speed Internet to rural and metropolitan areas lacking access.
Urban-rural alliance crumbles on farm bill vote
DES MOINES, Iowa — For decades, country and city interests had come together every few years to pass the farm bill, a measure that provided
USDA expanding program to fight rural poverty
U.S. officials are expanding a program intended to reduce poverty and improve life in rural areas through better access to federal funding.
Study: Rural areas may feel cities’ heat
Heat rising up from cities such as New York, Paris and Tokyo might be remotely warming up winters far away in some rural parts of Alaska, Canada, and Siberia, a surprising study theorizes.
Crop insurance juicy target in ‘fiscal cliff’
Rural lawmakers worry that $9 billion in annual federal crop insurance subsidies are an easy target for spending cuts in a “fiscal cliff” deal so they’re shopping around for a late compromise on a farm bill to protect them.
Company wins $10.2M grant for rural cell service
A small company won a $10 million federal grant to expand wireless service in one of Alabama’s most isolated regions, a five-county area west of Montgomery where it’s sometimes impossible to make a cellphone call.
MSU grants will help rural communities
Rural communities across the state will soon be benefiting economically from the efforts of Mississippi State University.
House rejects bid to slash rural airline subsidies
The House on Tuesday turned back an attempt by a tea party-backed GOP conservative to slash taxpayer subsidies for air service to isolated smaller cities and towns that can cost hundreds of dollars a ticket.