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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for 2026-06-22 ( 6 items )  
Mississippi Wins National Awards for Economic Development Accomplishments (10)
JACKSON, Mississippi, June 19 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi Wins National Awards for Economic Development Accomplishments * JACKSON, Miss. - The state of Mississippi has been honored with a Gold Shovel Award by Area Development magazine. The national award honors Mississippi's historic accomplishments in economic development throughout 2025. Additionally, Area Development named the $210 million Amazon project in Marshall County as one of its Non-Manufacturing Projects of the Year.  more PR

Northwest Dedicated Aerospace Worker and Instructor David Lindsay Retires (10)
SENATOBIA, Mississippi, June 17 -- Northwest Mississippi Community College issued the following news release: * * * Northwest Dedicated Aerospace Worker and Instructor David Lindsay Retires Northwest Mississippi Community College's Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructor David Lindsay is retiring. Lindsay said that working in aviation was his dream and since 1985, he's been dedicated to the field. Starting at Federal Express (FedEx) as an aviation mechanic in the 1980s, he thought his initial call from them was a prank, so he hung up. Ju more PR

NWCC Instructor Dr. Regan Sellers Chosen as Moody Institute Fellow (10)
SENATOBIA, Mississippi, June 20 -- Northwest Mississippi Community College issued the following news release: * * * NWCC Instructor Dr. Regan Sellers Chosen as Moody Institute Fellow Northwest Mississippi Community College Social Science Instructor Dr. Regan Sellers of Senatobia was chosen as a Moody Institute Fellow, and as part of the honor will receive an award to help fund her advancement. The Moody Institute is funded by the Mississippi Community College Foundation as a faculty enrichment program which helps fund a project, advancement more PR

Texas State, Sky Safety Flight Academy Partner to Offer Aviation Science Degree Across San Antonio (10)
SAN MARCOS, Texas, June 18 -- Texas State University issued the following news: * * * Texas State, Sky Safety Flight Academy partner to offer Aviation Science degree across San Antonio Texas State University is partnering with Sky Safety pilot flight training to expand its Aviation Science degree program to the Greater San Antonio area. This latest partnership further helps address the growing national demand for airline and commercial pilots. The program, by TXST's Department of Organization, Workforce and Leadership Studies (OWLS), will b more PR

Tropical Storm Arthur Causes an Estimated $4-6 Billion in Total Damage and Economic Loss, AccuWeather Experts Say (10)
STATE COLLEGE, Pennsylvania, June 19 [Category: BizTravel] -- AccuWeather, a provider of commercial weather forecasting services, posted the following news release: * * * Tropical Storm Arthur Causes an Estimated $4-6 Billion in Total Damage and Economic Loss, AccuWeather Experts Say * News / Press Release Summary * Tropical Storm Arthur brought catastrophic and life-threatening rainfall, flooding, tornadoes, gusty winds and coastal impacts from Texas to the Florida Panhandle, hitting Louisiana and Mississippi the hardest * The prel more PR

University of Alabama Museums Plans Repatriation of 69 Funerary Object Lots Linked to Tribal Nations (10)
WASHINGTON, June 20 (TNSFR) -- The University of Alabama Museums plans to repatriate 69 lots of unassociated funerary objects affiliated with multiple Native American tribes. The proposed repatriation involves artifacts excavated at the Moundville site and identified as part of Native American burial practices. The cultural items include ground stone, a bone needle, worked stone, a bone awl, lithics, a complete ceramic vessel, bird points, faunal bone, a discoidal, a pebble hammer, shell artifacts and ceramics. According to the notice, the o more PR