With the floodgates set to open on another round of unemployment aid, states are being hammered with a new wave of fraud as they scramble to update security systems and block scammers who already have siphoned billions of dollars from pandemic-related jobless programs.
The overall relief bill would provide $1,400 payments to individuals, extend emergency unemployment benefits through August and increase tax credits for children and federal subsidies for health insurance.
House lawmakers passed the Equality Act on Feb. 25, which is a measure that would prevent businesses and institutions from discriminating against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Cody Breland has a unique perspective about why this story caught fire around the country. As the owner of Wild Acres Hands On Experience in McHenry, he is used to hugging up on exotic animals, but cuddling French bulldogs is extra special.
Looking beyond the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, President Joe Biden and lawmakers are laying the groundwork for another top legislative priority — a long-sought boost to the nation’s roads, bridges and other infrastructure that could run into Republican resistance to a hefty price tag.
The Amtrak passenger rail service is making its way back to South Mississippi in 2022 and some business owners along the planned route said they’re ready for the additional exposure.
Instead of sleeping or spending their Saturday morning watching cartoons, nearly three dozen Gulfport residents chose to gather at Emerald Pine Apartments for a clean-up event.
People gathered at Inlet Plaza in Ocean Springs to celebrate not one, but two new businesses opening. In a time when a pandemic would spell disaster for some small businesses, Ocean Springs seems to be springing with life, community, and prosperity.
Employees at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum are seeing a surge in Crawfish Music Festival ticket sales as COVID-19 has forced patience and created loads of pent-up demand.
For five weeks, the mother of a disabled woman in Pennsylvania searched for a vaccine appointment, reaching out to state and local leaders with no luck.
Gabe Montenegro registered a two-run, go-ahead double in the eighth to lead Southern Miss past UConn 6-5 in the first of a three-game weekend series Friday night at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
A historical marker celebrating the heritage of Gulfport’s Turkey Creek community was vandalized sometime in the overnight hours between Thursday and Friday.
South Mississippi is gearing up for municipal elections but one candidate in D’Iberville has been ruled out due to a last minute opinion from the state attorney general.
The U.S. is getting a third vaccine to prevent COVID-19, as the Food and Drug Administration on Saturday cleared a Johnson & Johnson shot that works with just one dose instead of two.
It was a simple ceremony for a big milestone. Friday was the topping-off ceremony for the Roger Wicker Center of Ocean Enterprise at the Port of Gulfport.
These days all roads, dirt or otherwise, lead in and out of Enviva’s $140 million wood pellet plant construction site at George County’s Industrial Park.
Students at Pass Christian Elementary School celebrated Black History Month on Friday with a special performance that paid tribute to the unsung heroes of the African American community.
