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October 4, 2024

BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce that the Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded $50.1 million in grants to 98 university researchers under the Fiscal Year 2024 Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-serving Institutions (HBCU/MI) Program.

October 4, 2024

BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce that the National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the Jefferson National Parks Association (JNPA), has awarded $186,756 in Lower Mississippi Delta Initiative (LMDI) grants.

October 4, 2024

BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded $7,047,053.82 in federal funding to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA).

September 30, 2024

BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce two significant awards from the U.S.

September 27, 2024

BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) is pleased to announce that the U.S.

September 26, 2024

BOLTON, MS — Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is proud to announce that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded two significant grants to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (MDPS) to improve public safety and juvenile justice reform across the state.

September 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce that the U.S.

September 24, 2024

BOLTON, MS – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is proud to announce that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded two grants totaling $205,643 to arts initiatives in Mississippi under the ArtsHERE program.

September 24, 2024

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Bennie G. Thompson is pleased to announce that the U.S.