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.
Clarksdale Press Register
$6.22 Million Grant Announced For Railroad Project
By The Press Register
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., have announced the award of a $6,221,020 grant to Grenada Railroad, LLC., to complete the final phase of a project to...
News Mississippi
Yazoo Pump Project update headlines packed press briefing
By J.T. Mitchell
In today’s press briefing, the conversation revolved around three subjects in particular: (1) the Yazoo Backwater Project, (2) Mississippi’s response, thus far, to COVID-19, and (3) the upcoming Mississippi State Fair.
As announced in the press conference, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has been assessing the damage induced by historic flooding in the Mississippi Delta and has...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg receives $13M federal grant for downtown overpass project
By Chris Thies
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Hattiesburg is getting $13.2 million of additional funding for a railroad overpass project downtown.
“Today, two years of grant applications, planning...
Pine Belt News, Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg Receives $13.2 Million Grant For Hall Avenue Overpass
By Haskel Burns
Hattiesburg is well on the way to solving its longtime issue with traffic in downtown, with the help of a $13.2 million grant from a Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development...
WJTV-TV Jackson
$18.7 million in CARES Act funding awarded to Mississippi
NEWS
Posted: Sep 10, 2020 / 01:11 PM CDT / Updated: Sep 10, 2020 / 01:12 PM CDT
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced that $18.7 million in additional CARES Act funding will help...
HYDE-SMITH STATEMENT ON THE NOMINATION OF JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT TO SERVE ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, who was nominated to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court by President Donald Trump following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:
“President Trump has exercised his right to put forth a...
HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $22.7 MILLION TO REPAIR STORM-DAMAGED FEDERAL ROADWAYS IN MISS.
Funding Includes $8.0 Million Dedicated to Vicksburg National Military Park & Natchez Trace
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the award of more than $22.7 million in emergency relief funding to offset the costs for repairing and reconstructing federal roadways damaged by flooding and storms earlier this year.
Among...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $6.22 MILLION GRANT FOR GRENADA RAILROAD PROJECT
Federal Grant Will Strengthen Cargo Rail Service Between Grenada and Memphis
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $6.22 million grant to Grenada Railroad, LLC, to complete the final phase of a project to refurbish a rail line between Canton and Memphis, Tenn.
Wicker and Hyde-Smith, strong supporters of the Grenada rail line, wrote...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, PALAZZO, & GUEST ANNOUNCE $16.02 MILLION FOR MISSISSIPPI ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Hattiesburg, Barnett Reservoir Projects Receive Major Boost from U.S. Department of Transportation BUILD Grants
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Representatives Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $16.02 million in federal grant funding for road improvements in Hattiesburg and the Jackson metro...
HYDE-SMITH, CASSIDY & COLLINS CALL FOR SWIFT PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE $500 BILLION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AMID COVID-19
Senators File the SMART Act as an Amendment to the COVID-19 Relief Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) to file the State and Municipal Assistance for Recovery and Transition (SMART) Act as an amendment to the Senate COVID-19 relief package. Consideration of the...
