Washington Times
Millions in rural America deserve hospital access and CDC support
By U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
I am a part of a proud fifth-generation farming family. The town where I grew up Monticello, Mississippi has a population of fewer than 2,000 people. Rural America is...
Hospice News
Senate Bill Would Extend Telehealth Flexibilities Beyond Pandemic
By Jim Parker
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have reintroduced the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021. If enacted the bill would expand Medicare...
Associated Press
Mississippi city gets $492,000 to map contaminated sites
The Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi city is getting a $492,000 federal grant to list and assess contaminated and abandoned industrial and commercial sites and to get local residents interested.
Target...
MedPage Today
Senators Talk Rural Health, Lead Screening During CDC Budget Hearing
Agency lauded for work during pandemic
By Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor
WASHINGTON -- Preparing for the next pandemic was high on senators' minds Wednesday during a Senate hearing on the CDC's budget request for...
Life Site News
‘Very ominous’: Abortion activists panic at Supreme Court taking Mississippi case, pro-lifers hopeful
‘The Supreme Court must acknowledge what science has long revealed: that a unique and individual human life begins at the moment of fertilization,’ said Lila Rose of Live Action.
By...
The Hill
Senators shed masks after CDC lifts mandate
By Jordan Carney
Senators largely shed their masks as they returned to the Capitol on Monday, marking a step back toward pre-pandemic normalcy after more than one year.
Monday's session comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Miss. politicians react to SCOTUS decision to review state’s 15-week abortion ban
VIDEO: Miss. politicians react to SCOTUS decision to review state’s 15-week abortion ban
By Caroline Wood
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Mississippi lawmakers are commenting on the U.S. Supreme Court’s...
WLBT-TV Jackson
SCOTUS reignites national debate in decision to take up Miss. abortion ban challenge
By Anthony Warren
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement Monday that it would hear a case challenging Mississippi’s anti-abortion law has re-sparked a national debate about...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi airports to receive $10.3M for improvements
STATE NEWS
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced on Friday that the award of $10.3 million for improvements will be given to 10 Mississippi airfields.
“Mississippi...
WXXV-TV Gulfport
USDA approves shrimp-buy program to help distressed seafood industry
By WXXV - May 14, 2021
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday commitment to purchase an additional $25 million in wild-caught shrimp that should benefit the Mississippi Gulf Coast, according to a press...
