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.
Environment & Energy News
Trump admin revives flood project killed by EPA veto
By Daniel Cusick
The Trump administration has resurrected a World War II-era flood control project that Mississippi politicians say was unfairly smothered by an overzealous EPA 12 years ago.
The Yazoo Pumps project...
Delta Farm Press
Corps of Engineers reconsidering pumps project
Corps of Engineers to do Environmental Impact Study
By Ron Smith
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday, April 15, the intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Basin...
News Mississippi
Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force
By Steven Gagliano
As conversations regarding the re-opening of the American economy ramp up, Mississippi’s Senators will serve on President Trump’s ‘Opening Up America Again Congressional Group’.
Senators...
Vicksburg Post
District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project
By John Surratt
The announcement Thursday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will prepare a supplemental environmental impact study for the Yazoo Area Pump Project has some officials hoping...
Laurel Leader-Call
Gone With The Wind
By Jack Hammett
Apr 15, 2020 Updated 18 hrs ago
Moses held out his hand over the sea, and the Lord drove the sea back with a strong east wind. It blew all night and turned the sea into dry land. The water was divided. Exodus 14:21
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“We don’t know what the...
Mississippi Press
Local airports to receive federal grant money to help offset economic losses during COVID-19 outbreak
By Warren Kulo
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport will receive the lion’s share of nearly $35 million in grants awarded by the federal government to...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Sen. Hyde-Smith, Rep. Guest speak about impact of Sunday’s tornadoes
Reeves survey storm damage in South Mississippi
By Charles Herrington
BASSFIELD, Miss. (WDAM) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Rep. Michael Guest of Mississippi’s third Congressional District were among...
Hattiesburg American
'We took a pretty hard punch.' Reeves speaks in Soso after air tour of tornado damage
WATCH: Gov. Reeves addresses tornado damage in Soso
By Ellen Ciurczak, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Published 2:20 p.m. CT April 14, 2020 | Updated 2:22 p.m. CT April 14, 2020
Gov. Tate...
Marine Link
USMI Awarded Contract to Build Special Ops Vessels
April 13, 2020
United States Marine, Inc. (USMI) has been awarded a $108 million contract to produce vessels for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
The Gulfport, Miss. based shipbuilder will use the five-year, indefinite...
Vicksburg Post
Mississippi Levee Board takes strong stand in favor of backwater pumps
By Tim Reeves
The Mississippi Levee Board has taken an official stand in full support of the completion of the backwater pumps project.
In a statement released Wednesday, the board not only issued its strong...
