PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency distributed more PPE (personal protective equipment) to all 82 counties today. Here is an update from Director Greg Michel. Plus, the director is urging Mississippians to stop panic buying. Here’s more on the impact of hoarding groceries: https://www.wsav.com/news/consumer-report/grocery-shopping-no-need-to-hoard/ […]
PEARL, Miss. – MEMA along with the Mississippi State Department of Health and the Mississippi National Guard spent the day distributing emergency supplies of Personal Protective Equipment to healthcare facilities and county agencies. Twenty-five percent of the current state PPE inventory was distributed today, Saturday March 21, 2020, distributed as “push packages” across the state. […]
PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) announced that Mississippi workers who are not able to work due to COVID-19 will be eligible to file for unemployment benefits. MDES has modified its existing unemployment compensation rules to also allow workers to file a claim for unemployment benefits if they are/have been: Quarantined […]
PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi State Department of Health and the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will begin distributing vital supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to counties across the state, Saturday, March 21, 2020. Twenty-five percent of the current state PPE inventory will be distributed as “push packages” to county points of distribution all across […]
PEARL, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves’s request for an Economic Disaster Declaration by the U.S. Small Business Administration was approved on Friday, March 20, 2020. The entire state of Mississippi has just been declared a disaster for COVID-19 by SBA Administrator Carranza which now opens up disaster loan assistance for small businesses and eligible non-profits […]
PEARL, Miss. – Following the severe storms and flooding from the weather events of February 10-18, 2020, Governor Tate Reeves has requested a Federal Declaration for Public Assistance. Joint Public Assistance damage assessments were conducted by FEMA and Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Public Assistance personnel along with local governments beginning on March 9, 2020 in […]
PEARL, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves signed an executive order on Thursday, March 19, 2020 to close all Mississippi public schools through April 17, 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The governor stated that he believes the extended closures will give the state more time to evaluate further impacts of COVID-19. Governor Reeves explained this […]
PEARL, Miss. – Governor Tate Reeves requested a disaster declaration by the U.S. Small Business Administration on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. This request will provide low-interest, Economic Injury Disaster Loans to small businesses and non-profits that have been severely impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). “Mississippians are resilient, but they shouldn’t have to weather this storm […]
PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi Public Service Commission informed MEMA, Sunday, March 15, 2020, an emergency order has been issued prohibiting all water, electric, sewer and natural gas shutoffs for sixty days in response to COVID-19. “This doesn’t alleviate any customer’s responsibility to pay their bills, but prevents service shutoffs during this period,” says Commissioner […]
PEARL, Miss. – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is aware that a Carnival Cruise Ship has moored at the Port of Gulfport, Sunday, March 15, 2020. There are no passengers aboard only crew members. However, crews are not allowed to leave the port and can only disembark from the vessel for ship-side maintenance. Another Carnival Cruise […]