HYDE-SMITH:  THREE RURAL MISS. WATER PROVIDERS AWARDED $2.39 MILLION FOR UPGRADES

HYDE-SMITH:  THREE RURAL MISS. WATER PROVIDERS AWARDED $2.39 MILLION FOR UPGRADES

USDA Rural Development Provides Loan-Grant Funding for Water System Improvements in Coahoma, Union & Wayne Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced the approval of more than $2.93 million in loan and grant funding to improve water systems in three rural Mississippi communities.

USDA Rural Development...

MISS. SENATORS SUPPORT TAX CREDIT FOR COMMUNITIES MOST IN NEED

MISS. SENATORS SUPPORT TAX CREDIT FOR COMMUNITIES MOST IN NEED

New Markets Tax Credits Program Encourages High-Impact Investments in Low-Income Areas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today released a letter they wrote to Jodie Harris, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund director, seeking greater consideration to the needs of Mississippi communities when allocating New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC).

The NMTC program uses...

Hyde-Smith cosponsors bill to improve police training & accountability

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Hyde-Smith cosponsors bill to improve police training & accountability

By Steven Gagliano

A law enforcement reform bill has been introduced in D.C. 

The ‘JUSTICE Act’ aims to improve community safety through police training reforms and greater law enforcement accountability...

Pascagoula attorney nominated to serve as U.S. District Judge

Mississippi Press

Pascagoula attorney nominated to serve as U.S. District Judge

By Warren Kulo

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Pascagoula attorney Taylor McNeel has been nominated to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith...

Senators Target Telehealth Access for Farmers, Loggers and Fishermen

mHealth Intelligence

Senators Target Telehealth Access for Farmers, Loggers and Fishermen
 
By Eric Wicklund

June 16, 2020 - Lawmakers are looking to extend telehealth into rural parts of America to improve access for people in need of mental health services.

A group of Senators last week...