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Federal Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Wednesday October 30, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Army Engineer Research & Development Center Partners With U.S. Department of State to Develop Innovative Window Solutions
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Inventors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, developed a groundbreaking innovation in window systems that are resistant to blasts, ballistics and forced entry threats. Filed in September 2019 and granted in June 2024, the patent was   more

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Awards $78.9 Million for Affordable Housing
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Funding Will Create or Rehabilitate 3,571 Housing Units * * * DALLAS, TEXAS, October 29, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $78.9 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants to 41 projects in its five-state District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Me  more

Miss. U.S. Attorney: Federal Jury Convicts Belzoni Man of Conspiracy for Role in Firearms Trafficking
ABERDEEN, Mississippi, Oct. 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A federal jury convicted Belzoni resident Jarvis Hood, 23, of conspiring to transfer firearms to Chicago, Illinois residents and making false statements to federal firearms licensees during the purchase of multiple firearms. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the investigation began after agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Toba  more