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.
The Pine Belt News
City Approves Final Funding For First Hall Avenue Train Overpass
By Haskel Burns
The City of Hattiesburg has completed the final financial step in building the overpass over the Canadian National train line in the East Jerusalem neighborhood, helping to alleviate traffic...
Washington Post
Opinions
Congress’s bipartisan national-service bill would be a powerful tonic for what’s ailing America
Opinion by David Ignatius, Columnist
Congress is weighing a big idea as it bargains over the next stimulus package: a bipartisan proposal to expand national-service programs to...
WCBI-TV Columbus
GTRA Awarded Millions in Grant Money to Repair Runway
By Scott Martin
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- The Golden Triangle Regional Airport is getting more grant money from the FAA.
Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced Thursday over $15 million dollars in grant...
WJTV-TV Jackson
John Campbell appointed USDA Rural Development State Director for Mississippi
STATE
WASHINGTON, D.C., (WJTV) – The Trump Administration announced Wednesday the appointment of John G. Campbell as the new State Director for USDA Rural Development in Mississippi. He starts his...
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...
Delta Business Journal
Greenville Bypass Project Sizable Grant Will Fund The Venture
By Jack Criss
Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith recently announced a $71.46 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant for the Mississippi Department of Transportation...
News Mississippi
Ingalls receives $936 million contract to build Naval destroyer
By Steven Gagliano
Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula has been awarded a sizable contract by the U.S. Navy.
The $936 million contract will fund the construction of a DDG-51 Flight III Destroyer (guided-missile...
Clarksdale Press Register
Feds Allocated $71 Million for Greenville Bypass
Special to the Press Register
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today announced the award of $71,460,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to ) to construct 15.6 miles of...
HYDE-SMITH: FEMA PROVIDES $1.48 MILLION FOR CORINTH DRAINAGE PIPE REPAIR
Tropical Storm Olga Flooding Damaged Underground Storm Drainage System
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $1.48 million to support the City of Corinth’s repair of an underground storm drainage system.
FEMA is providing 75 percent of the repair cost for the South Corinth Arch Pipe Drainage System, which was damaged...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, PALAZZO, KELLY & GUEST STRONGLY OPPOSE EFFORT TO RENAME STENNIS SPACE CENTER
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Representatives Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding a new effort to rename the NASA John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County:
“We strongly oppose any effort to rename the John C. Stennis Space Center. In serving the...
