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 Hill
Bipartisan Senate group offers new help to state, local governments
By Jordain Carney
A bipartisan group of senators are introducing a bill on Monday to provide hundreds of billions in new funding to state and local governments that have been hit hard by the spread of the coronavirus.
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CQ Roll Call
State, local virus aid bill gains bipartisan momentum
By Paul M. Krawzak, CQ
New bipartisan legislation would provide $500 billion in aid to state and local governments, territories and tribes to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, with the smallest communities in line for a direct...
Defense News
30 senators to urge FCC to reverse Ligado decision
By Joe Gould
WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of 30 senators are expected to send the Federal Communications Commission a letter urging it to reverse course on its decision to allow Ligado to deploy a nationwide mobile broadband...
HYDE-SMITH: USDA APPROVES $8.26 MILLION FOR WATER SYSTEMS UPGRADES IN RURAL MISS.
Rural Development Grant-Loan Funds Provided to Five Mississippi Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced $8.26 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture guaranteed loans and grants to support water and wastewater infrastructure projects in five rural Mississippi communities.
Systems in Adams...
Insurance News Net
EPA Selects Four Projects in Mississippi to Receive $1.4 Million for Brownfields Cleanup and Assessment
Targeted News Service
JACKSON, Mississippi, May 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 7:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
The Associated Press
U.S. officials award $5.5M for Gulf Coast train service
The Associated Press
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Plans to restore passenger train service along the Gulf Coast are getting a big boost.
Members of Congress from Mississippi announced Friday that the Federal Railroad...
Roll Call
Telehealth’s expansion may be here to stay
VIDEO
By Gopal Ratnam and Jinitzail Hernandez
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York City hospitals, intensive care specialists more than 350 miles away at the University of Pittsburgh...
Roll Call
Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends
Doctors, advocates, lawmakers call for permanent lifting of telehealth restrictions once current emergency eases
By Gopal Ratnam
As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York...
Meridian Star
East Mississippi airports awarded federal grants
By Bill Graham
Key Field Airport in Meridian will receive a federal grant of $614,333 to reconstruct the taxiway, rehabilitate an emergency generator and seal the runway pavement.
Several airports in East Mississippi will receive...
McComb Enterprise-Journal
Nearly 20 area houses damaged Sunday
By Matt Williamson
Seventeen homes in southwest Mississippi were damaged in Sunday's storm that spawned a tornado and killed one person in Mississippi, the state's Emergency Management Agency confirmed Tuesday.
The National Weather...
