HYDE-SMITH: USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO INVEST $5.4 MILLION IN EIGHT MISS. COUNTIES

HYDE-SMITH:  USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT TO INVEST $5.4 MILLION IN EIGHT MISS. COUNTIES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said a $5.4 million investment in rural Mississippi communities by the U.S Department of Agriculture will help provide unmet infrastructure, business development, and equipment needs.

USDA Rural Development has approved a series of 11 grants worth more than $5.4 million for projects in eight counties, including Grenada, Itawamba, Monroe, Prentiss...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS CONSCIENCE PROTECTION ACT

Measure Would Protect Healthcare Providers Who Choose Not to Take Part in Abortions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to protect healthcare providers who decline to take part in abortion or abortion coverage.

Hyde-Smith has joined as a cosponsor of the Conscience Protection Act (S.301), which would protect healthcare providers, health insurance plans and other entities from...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

Application Deadline is Oct. 12 for $10,000 Scholarship Program 
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippi high school juniors and seniors to apply to be delegates to the 2019 U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
For the 57th year of the program, two students from Mississippi will receive an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., and a $10,000...

Hyde-Smith’s bill aims to assist forest owners after disasters

News Mississippi

Hyde-Smith’s bill aims to assist forest owners after disasters

By Steven Gagliano

A bill introduced by Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith aims to help private forest owners recover from natural disasters. 

According to the Senator, one-third of forest land in the United States is held by...

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...