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Residents Continue To Wait For Backwater Pumps

The Yazoo Herald

Residents Continue To Wait For Backwater Pumps

By Jamie Patterson

Residents are still demanding answers and relief when it comes to the status of the Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps Project. 

Town hall meetings and panels of elected and federal officials have recently held meetings...

Mississippi senators want to see ‘end’ to war on domestic oil, gas

The Center Square

Mississippi senators want to see ‘end’ to war on domestic oil, gas

By Brent Addleman

(The Center Square) – A pair of Mississippi federal legislators are calling for an end to what they call President Joe Biden’s war on domestic oil and gas.

Republican Sens. Roger Wicker and...

Hyde-Smith, Wicker praised for hunting, fishing support

Batesville Panolian

Hyde-Smith, Wicker praised for hunting, fishing support

By James L. Cummins 

Earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) entered into settlement negotiations with activist organizations over a lawsuit regarding the use of traditional ammunition and tackle on...

Hyde-Smith tours MSU agri facilities

Columbus Dispatch

Hyde-Smith tours MSU agri facilities

By Jessica Lindsey

STARKVILLE — With curious cows looking on from their enclosures, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi) began her tour of the research facilities at the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In...

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER INTRODUCE MISS. FARM BUREAU CENTENNIAL RESOLUTION

HYDE-SMITH, WICKER INTRODUCE MISS. FARM BUREAU CENTENNIAL RESOLUTION

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) this week introduced a resolution to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and its influence on agriculture in the Magnolia State.

The Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation was chartered on Oct. 30, 1922, as an affiliate of the American Farm Bureau.  The national organization was founded in 1919.

“The...

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES QUESTION TRICARE PRESCRIPTION CHANGES  

HYDE-SMITH, COLLEAGUES QUESTION TRICARE PRESCRIPTION CHANGES  

Lawmakers Concerned About Shrinking Pharmacy Network for TRICARE Patients & Their Families

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in seeking answers from the Biden administration regarding TRICARE beneficiaries’ ability to maintain access to local pharmacies.

In all, 16 Senators signed a letter to Seileen Mullen, the Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR STOPGAP MEASURE 

HYDE-SMITH VOTES FOR STOPGAP MEASURE 

Bill Adds $20 Million to Address Jackson Water Crisis, Buys Time for Flood Insurance Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today voted for a stopgap appropriations measure to fund federal operations through Dec. 16.

Senate approval of HR.6833 means avoiding a partial government shutdown while also taking action on issues of importance to Mississippi, including the crisis...