WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $1.86 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $1.86 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI FIRE DEPARTMENTS
Miss. Senators Applaud FEMA Grants for Fire Departments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $1,858,824 in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grants to fire departments in Biloxi, Purvis, Iuka, Soso, Laurel, Ellisville, Carthage, Cleveland, and Brandon. 
The grants are being awarded as part of the Fiscal Year 2017...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE TREASURY DEPT. TO BLOCK IRAN’S ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE TREASURY DEPT. TO BLOCK IRAN’S ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES

‘The Administration’s Maximum Pressure Campaign Will Not Succeed if the Islamic Republic Remains Connected’

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are encouraging the U.S. Treasury Department to deny Iran access to critical international financial services as part of President Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign to rein in the terrorist state.

The Mississippi...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $14.94 MILLION GRANT FOR OLIVE BRANCH AIRPORT PURCHASE

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $14.94 MILLION GRANT FOR OLIVE BRANCH AIRPORT PURCHASE
 
North Mississippi Airport to Be Acquired by City in Pursuit of Economic Development

 

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $14.94 million U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant to the City of Olive Branch to assist with the purchase of the Olive Branch Airport.
 
The city will become the primary operator of the airfield and will...

Sens. Menendez, Cassidy seek flood insurance reforms

Financial Regulation News

Sens. Menendez, Cassidy seek flood insurance reforms

By Douglas Clark

A bipartisan group of legislators recently supported an effort favoring long-term, comprehensive reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Bill Cassidy (R...

Analysis: Politics of water policy flows across party lines

Associated Press

Analysis: Politics of water policy flows across party lines

By Emily Wagster Pettus

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Political discussions about water policy in Mississippi have long focused on concerns about how to control flooding and let people earn a living without creating...

U.S. Senate passes bill to fight robocalls

News Mississippi

U.S. Senate passes bill to fight robocalls

By Steven Gagliano

A bill aiming to crack down on robocalls is one step closer to becoming law. 

With the support of Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith, the TRACED Act has passed through the U.S. Senate. 

According to the...