News Mississippi
Confirmation proceedings begin for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the US Supreme Court
By Andi Davis
This morning the Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation proceedings on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the United States...
Fox News
Lawsuit against DC mayor’s COVID crackdown on Baptist church draws 34 senators’ backing: report
“The Mayor’s selectiveness in determining which gatherings are permitted is unacceptable & violates the First Amendment & the Religious Freedom restoration Act,” one senator wrote
By Dom...
Delta Business Journal
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith: A Calling and Commitment To Serve
By Jack Criss
The first woman ever elected as Mississippi’s Agriculture Commissioner, the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress through appointment and the first woman from Mississippi elected to...
Bay Springs Impact
TEC bridging ‘digital divide’ to Pine Belt area
By Heath Walley, Jasper County News Editor
Rural Mississippians in five local counties that have been seeking and begging for reliable internet service over the years may finally have something coming their way.
A digital bridge...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Hyde-Smith gets flu shot, encourages others to do so
Photo submitted Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven received a flu shot this week and encouraged all Mississippians to get one, as well.
By Daily Leader Staff
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith of Brookhaven received a flu...
Mississippi Municipalities
Congress Should Act to Address Long-Term Economic Ramifications of COVID-19
By Cindy Hyde-Smith, U.S. Senator
October 2020 Volume 69 Number 3
We find ourselves this fall in a reality no one could have predicted last spring before the novel coronavirus disrupted every...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
USDA grants TEC $4.6 million for rural internet expansion
By Melissa Rademaker
BAY SPRINGS, Miss. (WDAM) - Mississippi is getting more than $4 million in grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to expand broadband internet in five counties. The investment is part...
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Brookhaven couple honored as adoptive parents
By Brett Campbell
A Brookhaven couple was honored this week in a national ceremony as adoptive parents.
Josh and Olivia Watts were nominated by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R, of Brookhaven) for the Congressional Coalition on...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Local leaders offer prayers for President, First Lady after COVID-19 status
By WLBT Digital
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Local leaders offered their prayers for President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump after the couple tested positive for COVID-19.
Governor Tate Reeves...
Breitbart
Women Senators Sing Praises for Trump’s SCOTUS Pick Amy Coney Barrett
Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP
By Penny Starr
Seven women from the United States Senate praised President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett for her ability to do it all as an accomplished professor...
