Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Today, President Joe Biden announced Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) will receive the Presidential Citizens Medal. |
BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded the Mississippi Department of Public Safety $1,853,862 through the 2024 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program. |
BOLTON, MS. — Today, Congressman Bennie Thompson announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded a significant federal grant to the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) through the Bridge Investment Program. |
| BOLTON, MS — Congressman Bennie Thompson is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded a grant of $2,170,182 to the Mississippi State Department of Health to support Maternal and Child Health Services. |
BOLTON, MS. — Congressman Bennie Thompson is pleased to announce a grant award of $307,243 to In Her Shoes, Inc., located in Webb, Mississippi, through USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP), to support the Advancing Small Farm Sustainability in the Miss |
(Bolton, MS) Today, Congressman Bennie Thompson announced that Mississippi was awarded $33,029,800 in funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Administered through the Administration for Children and Families’ Office of Community Services at the U.S. |
Jackson, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce that the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been awarded federal funding for critical improvements to the I-20/I-55 Freight Corridor in Jackson, Mississippi. |
BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded a Fiscal Year 2024 grant to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) under the Mental Health Service Professionals Demonstration Program. |
BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie Thompson is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing nearly $9 million in funding to local organizations across the country to provide outreach, education, and technical assistance to urban agricultural producers in ten U.S. cities.
BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is proud to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has awarded Our House Inc., based in Greenville, Mississippi, a federal grant of $382,500 under the Fiscal Year 2024 Sexual Assault Services Culturally Specific Program.