Mississippi official named 2026 Delta Regional Authority states co-chair
A Mississippi official thanked the Delta Regional Authority Board of Governors for entrusting them to serve as the 2026 States’ Co-Chair, the official said in a Facebook post. The announcement said the official plans to work with federal and state partners to extend recent momentum in Mississippi across the eight states the authority serves.
The Delta Regional Authority is a federal-state partnership that focuses on economic development, infrastructure and workforce improvements in parts of eight states in the Mississippi Delta and surrounding areas. The authority brings together federal and state resources to support projects intended to boost local economies.
In the Facebook post, the official cited “record-breaking private sector investment” and “nation-leading educational gains” in Mississippi as reasons for optimism, and said those successes could be a model for the DRA region. While the post did not provide further details about specific projects or the official’s duties as States’ Co-Chair, the role typically involves coordinating state-level efforts with the authority’s federal initiatives.
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