Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson announced Mississippi’s open application period for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025.

BOLTON, MS – Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of $731,782 to Panola County through the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP).

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bennie G.

BOLTON, MS – Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) announced that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program, has awarded $659,341 to the Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) in Jackson, Mississippi.

BOLTON, MS – Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) announced a $4,593,322 grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support critical infrastructure improvements at Greenwood-Leflore Airport (GWO) in Carroll County, Mississippi.

BOLTON, MS – Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced two grant awards from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service (NPS) through the Land and Water Conservation Fund for recreational development projects in Mississippi's Second Congressional District.

BOLTON, MS – Today, Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) announced that the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has been awarded $14,294,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water Act Title VI program.

BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) is pleased to announce two significant National Science Foundation (NSF) awards supporting advanced research and STEM education initiatives at two of Mississippi’s distinguished Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).