WLBT-TV Jackson
Miss. senators split on historic $1.2T infrastructure package
By Kailynn Johnson
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith found themselves divided on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.
Sen. Hyde-Smith voted against it, but Wicker helped to pass...
Y'all Politics
U.S. Senate party-line vote moves Democrats’ $3.5 trillion spending package forward with eye to reconciliation
Senators Wicker, Hyde-Smith join all Republicans in opposing the budget resolution.
By Frank Corder
Early this morning, the U.S. Senate adopted a framework for the...
Y'all Politics
Wicker backs infrastructure bill on final passage. Hyde-Smith says no, it’s a bridge too far to cross.
By Frank Corder
The $1.2 trillion bill now heads to the House as Democrats push another $3.5 trillion spending plan.
After clearing a hurdle on Sunday, the U.S. Senate voted...
Iowa Starting Line
No, California Isn’t Banning Bacon, but new Rule Could Have Iowa Impact
By Ty Rushing
No, California isn’t banning bacon or withholding ham from its residents.
However, the Golden State is restricting where its swine comes from via Proposition 12. This measure is why it has...
Dredge Wire
Wicker & Hyde-Smith Praise $9.1 Million Contract To Correct Erosion At Natchez National Cemetery
Posted on August 9, 2021
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of a $9.1 million contract to expedite an emergency bluff stabilization...
Farm Progress
Senators step up to prevent ag trade suppression
EATS Act prohibits states and local governments from regulating production or manufacturing standards to other states.
By Jacqui Fatka
As the courts continue to uphold the state of California from imposing its production standards on...
Progressive Farmer
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Stop California's Prop 12
By Jerry Hagstrom
The National Pork Producers Council has been pushing back against California's law prohibiting the sale of food products from confined animals. Some Republican senators have introduced a bill trying to...
Meat+Poultry
Proposed legislation to limit use of ‘Product of USA’ label
By Erica Shaffer
WASHINGTON – US Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are backing a law that would limit the “Product of USA” label to beef sourced from cattle that are born, raised and slaughtered...
Delta Council E-News
Senate Committee Approves $20.7 Million to Advance Yazoo Pumps
Upper Yazoo Projects, Delta Headwaters also see Increase
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced committee passage of an appropriations measure that includes funding to support flood control and water...
Natchez Democrat
Full five-state Interstate 14 project added to Bipartisan Infrastructure Package
By Jan Griffey
NATCHEZ — On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved an amendment adding congressional authorization of the full Interstate-14 five-state corridor expansion to the pending...
