{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=4BF2DF53-450D-4722-8090-CB06F62E022E", "Wicker, Hyde-Smith Announce $9.3M in Support for Mississippi Communities", "2020-10-27", "2020", "2020-10", "Republican", "Senate", "MS", "Roger Wicker", "W000437", "www.wicker.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "WASHINGTON  U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today praised the award of $9,317,500 for 41 community improvement projects in Mississippi. The Community Facilities Program grants will be awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.\r\nThese targeted investments from theUSDARural Development program will help fund much needed equipment in communities across our state, Wicker said. The projects will enhance quality of life and improve safety for thousands of Mississippians.\r\nThese USDA Rural Development grants will help fulfill the need for vehicles, equipment, and projects required by small, rural communities to better serve their residents.These federal resources are backed with local funding, which makes these projects a welcomed collaborative effort, said Hyde-Smith, who serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee.\r\nThe USDA Rural Development grants for Mississippi will support the following projects:\r\n \r\nCity of Holly Springs, Marshall County - $6,378,300 to replace 28.38 miles of cast iron pipe with 60 psig maximum allowable operating pressure pipe.\r\nUnion County - $700,000 to help upgrade the current 911 system.\r\nCity of Port Gibson, Claiborne County - $629,500 to help fund construction of a new law enforcement facility.\r\nGrenada County Board of Supervisors, Grenada County  $455,400 to help purchase law enforcement vehicles, patrol vehicles, a tractor, rotary cutter, a dump truck, a compact track loader, a tractor mower, a cab, a cassis truck, a backhoe loader, and a track type tractor.\r\nMississippi Main Street Association, Inc., Hinds County - $150,000 to help provide technical assistance and training. \r\nPrentiss County Board of Supervisors, Prentiss County - $100,000 to help purchase two new fire trucks.\r\nCity of Louisville, Winston County - $50,000 to help purchase a patrol vehicle, mini excavator, and chipper; and a second $29,800 grant to help with improvements to facilities.\r\nTown of Tishomingo, Tishomingo County - $50,000 to help purchase a sewer jetter and a second $30,200 grant to help purchase a tractor.\r\nCarroll County Board of Supervisors, Carroll County - $50,000 to help purchase a large truck and a second $27,800 grant to help purchase a mini excavator.\r\nCity of Calhoun City, Calhoun County - $36,300 to help purchase an excavator for the public works department and a second $27,700 grant to help purchase two trucks for public work.\r\nWebster County Board of Supervisors, Webster County - $50,000 to help purchase a vehicle for the Sheriff's Department.\r\nCoahoma County Board of Supervisors, Coahoma County - $50,000 to help purchase patrol cars.\r\nCity of Kosciusko, Attala County - $49,900 to help purchase patrol cars.\r\nTown of Friars Point, Coahoma County - $46,900 to help with improvements to facilities.\r\nTown of De Kalb, Kemper County - $44,600 to help purchase a bush hog, excavator, and mower.\r\nTown of Brooksville, Noxubee County - $43,500 to help purchase a pickup truck and chipper.\r\nWayne General Hospital, Wayne County - $42,000 to help purchase a portable x-ray system.\r\nTown of Sumner, Tallahatchie County - $39,700 to help purchase a law enforcement vehicle.\r\nTown of Derma, Calhoun County - $37,400 to help purchase a new Jaws of Life.\r\nTown of Kilmichael, Montgomery County - $34,000 to help purchase a new dump truck.\r\nCity of Water Valley, Yalobusha County - $30,500 to help purchase a warning siren.\r\nEast Mississippi Community College, Kemper County - $28,600 to help purchase a patrol car.\r\nTown of Myrtle, Union County - $26,600 to help purchase a patrol car and a second $21,300 grant to help purchase a public works vehicle.\r\nJefferson Davis Board of Supervisors, Jefferson Davis County - $21,800 to help purchase a new fingerprint machine, pepper spray guns, and portable radios for the Sheriff's Department.\r\nTown of Artesia, Lowndes County - $19,500 to help purchase a warning sign.\r\nTown of Tutwiler, Tallahatchie County - $16,200 to help purchase a debris removal truck.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.wicker.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=4BF2DF53-450D-4722-8090-CB06F62E022E"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.2749559246003628, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}