Business News for the Mississippi Delta

State Awarded Over $205 Million for Rural Healthcare Advancement  

Governor Tate Reeves recently announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Mississippi $205,907,220 through the Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen healthcare in rural communities throughout the state. The award is the result of the state of Mississippi submitting its plan in November 2025. Mississippi’s plan, which was first announced by Reeves, […]

DSU’s Delta Center Receives $190,000 Grant from NEH

Delta State University’s Delta Center for Culture and Learning has received a $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host two national residential workshops for K-12 educators. The program, titled The Most Southern Place on Earth: Music, History, and Culture of the Mississippi Delta, will bring seventy-two teachers from across the […]

MAC Awards $500K Grant to UM for Writers Studio

The Mississippi Arts Commission has awarded a $500,000 grant to the University of Mississippi Research Foundation for construction of an overnight writer studio for the university’s forthcoming Greenfield Farm Writers Residency. Construction is set to begin this year on the retreat-style writers compound, which will provide Mississippi writers of all genres with time, seclusion and […]