Senator Hyde-Smith believes rebuilding infrastructure is key to the future of Mississippi and the nation. She understands that aging highways, bridges, and basic public works infrastructure represents an impediment to public safety and economic growth. She includes the need for greater broadband access among these needs. Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to using her committee assignments to support responsible efforts to improve infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Hattiesburg to retain ‘metropolitan’ status as OMB abandons alteration plan
By Steven Gagliano
One of Mississippi’s largest cities will benefit from a decision made by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to back off a proposal aimed at altering the definition of a...
Pine Belt News, Hattiesburg
Washington, D.C. Officials Back Off Against Proposed Metropolitan Statistical Area Definition Change
By Haskel Burns
Officials from the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C. have decided against a proposal to change the current definition of a...
The Associated Press
Forest Service sells land for southwest Mississippi project
The Associated Press
MEADVILLE, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is transferring ownership of a parcel of land to a group that plans to develop a conference center and a 200-room lodge near a lake in southwestern...
(NOTE: The Scenic Rivers Development Alliance issued the following news release on Friday, July 16.)
LAND ACQUIRED FOR LODGE AND CONFERENCE CENTER ON LAKE OKHISSA
July 16, 2021
Meadville, MS (Press Release) - Scenic Rivers Development Alliance today announced the acquisition of approximately 150 acres of land along the shoreline of Lake Okhissa in Southwest Mississippi from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS).
Scenic Rivers Development Alliance is a body politic of the State of Mississippi, which...
HYDE-SMITH VOTES AGAINST ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, WANTS IMPROVEMENTS AS BILL MOVES FORWARD
Senator’s Public Lands & Offshore Leasing Amendment Stymied by Energy Committee Democrats
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted against advancing energy infrastructure legislation due to its expansion of federal powers over states and...
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...
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...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH TO INTERIOR SEC.: HOLD LEASE SALE, DISCLOSE PLANS FOR OCS LEASING PROGRAM
Miss. Senators Join Colleagues in Critical Letter to Interior Sec. Deb Haaland
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are calling on the Biden administration to conduct lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and to provide answers on the future of the federal offshore leasing program.
The Mississippi Senators joined colleagues in sending Interior Secretary...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $3.22 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITIES
Federal Grants to Support Purchase of Transit, Police &Public Works Vehicles
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced $3.22 million in federal grants to support the purchase or lease of low emissions buses for the City of Jackson, and police and public works vehicles for seven other Mississippi communities.
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and U.S...
HYDE-SMITH, PANEL HEAR PLEA FOR TREASURY DEPT. FUNDS TO HELP UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES
Miss. Delta Banker Testifies at Senate Appropriations Hearing on FY22 Treasury Budget Requests
PHOTO: Andy Anderson of Anguilla, Miss., Testifying.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday welcomed the testimony of a Mississippi Delta banker on the need to expand federal programs that allow small community banks to supply loans to underserved populations.
Hyde...
