Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state. The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.
Mississippi Business Journal
Google selects Southaven site for Mississippi Operations Center
Posted by MBJ Newswires
Google has announced that it will be opening its first U.S. Google Operations Center in Southaven. The Operations Center will provide customer and operations support to Google’s...
The Hill
State legislatures consider US Capitol's Confederate statues
Bu Gabbu Birenbaum
A national struggle to come to terms with America's painful legacy of racial discrimination is hitting state legislatures across the country as elected officials consider reshaping Statuary Hall in the U.S...
Y’all Politics
Remove statues of George Washington? Hyde-Smith says No. Espy has no comment.
By Frank Corder
Protesters and rioters around the nation have turned their attention to America’s Founding Fathers, targeting the nation’s first President, George Washington.
Their reasoning? He owned...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Sen. Hyde-Smith gives 2020 Independence Day message
By Renaldo Hopkins
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDAM) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith released a message Friday to recognize Independence Day, mentioning the challenges facing the nation and the American will to make things better for the...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Hyde-Smith Announces $2.32 Million In PILT Payments To Miss. Counties
TUE, 06/30/2020 - 12:39PM
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that 72 counties in Mississippi with tax-exempt, federal property will receive $2.32 million in Payment in Lieu of...
WLOX-TV Biloxi
As the state flag comes down, Mississippi turns its eyes toward the future
By Hugh Keeton
JACKSON, Miss. (WLOX) - The flag that has flown over the Magnolia State for over 125 years is officially retired. Now, state leaders and residents are looking towards the future.
Gov. Reeves...
Clarksdale Press Register
Mississippi to Get New Flag
By Floyd Ingram
Mississippi will get a new state flag, so what do you want it to look like?
On Sunday the Mississippi Legislature, on a vote of 92-23 in the house and a 37-14 vote in the senate, passed House Bill 1796 that will change the...
Urban Milwaukee
Senators Introduce Post Traumatic Stress Resolution
Bipartisan resolution would designate this Saturday, June 27, as National Post-Traumatic Stress Awareness Day
By U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Thom Tillis...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
USM’s nursing school to receive more than $335,000 in federal grants
The University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing will receive more than $335,000 in federal grant money to support a pair of training initiatives.
By Tim Doherty
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDAM) - The...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $3.45 MILLION TO EXPAND MISS. APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
Miss. Dept. of Employment Security Lands News Funding for Growing Job Training Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $3.45 million federal grant to expand the Mississippi Apprenticeship Program (MAP), an initiative that since 2016 has helped provide Mississippians with skills to find careers in today’s labor market.
The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES)...
