Accomplishments

Secured $4,000,000.00 to upgrade and repair Parks Road in Drew, MS.

Secured $1,000,000.00 to upgrade and repair Highway 8 at Cleveland, MS.

Secured $1,000,000.00 to develop a docking ramp and park at Terrace Landing on the Mississippi River at Rosedale, MS.

Secured funds to rehab the Park at Rosedale and make it more “family friendly”.

Secured 10 million dollars to continue to build Highway 82, bypass at Leland, MS.

Secured funds to add a turn lane on Highway 8, at the Grammy Museum in Cleveland.   

Secured funds to improve McKnight Road in Renova from Highway 61 to North Bayou Road.

Secured 4.2 million dollars to upgrade Highway 61 from Boyle to Hadley Street in Cleveland.

Secured lights on Highway 49 at Belzoni to improve safety.

Secured funds to increase staff salaries and program upgrade for ASU, DSU, JSU, MUW and MVSU.

Secured signs at the intersection of highway 49 West and 49 East in Yazoo City to highlight and direct travelers to Belzoni.

Secured safety lights on Highway 82 at MVSU to improve safety.

Led the charge and changed the “Truth in Sentencing” law which has saved millions of dollars for the Department of Corrections and the State.

Introduced and successfully had the National Democratic Party Platform Committee to adopt a “Poverty Eradication Initiative” for President Obama’s Administration.

Fought for and supported securing funds for the B.B. King Museum at indianolia, MS.

Fought to protect and adequately fund Medicaid for our senior citizens.

Secured $300,000.00 for the Fannie Lou Hamer’s Cancer facility in Ruleville, MS.

Secured 4 million dollars to enhance Highway 552, at Alcorn State to move traffic on and of campus.

Secured funds for an ambulance for Alcorn State University.  

Secured funds to continue the enhancement on Lakeland/Highway 25 in Hinds and Rankin Counties.

Secured $3,000,000.00 to repair the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Jackson, MS.

Secured funds to add a lane at the Bolivar County Port to allow for better traffic flow.

Secured 11 million dollars to enhance and improve Highway 14, in Sharkey County.

Secured funds for a fire engine for Alcorn State University.

Supported pay raises for teachers and state employees.

Defeated House Bill 974, that would have removed all State Employees from under the State Personnel Board during the 2017 Regular Session.

Fought to protect MS Department of Corrections employees.

Fought for and created a district for Coahoma Community College.

Secured funds to four-lane Highway 552 from Highway 61 to Alcorn State campus.

Secured funds for the Alcorn State University’s Small Demonstration farm in Mound Bayou. 

Secured funds for Alcorn State’s Small Farm loan and grant program.

Fought against and protected State employees from being removed from under the State Personnel Board.