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.
Vicksburg Post
Column: Federal officials have responded to calls for help with the Vicksburg National Military Park
By Tim Reeves
Who says a personal letter doesn’t work these days?
Monday, Mayor George Flaggs Jr. sent a letter to President Trump asking for the his intervention in getting...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg awarded $5.39 million grant to improve downtown rail crossings
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hub City has been awarded a multi-million dollar federal grant to build a new route in downtown to improve safety and cut down on traffic delays at railroad crossings.
Se...
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Hyde-Smith Visits Grammy
By Kevin Edwards
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith stopped by Cleveland last week as part of her tour of Mississippi.
She visited the Grammy Museum Mississippi after spending the morning touring Clarksdale.
“We’re on a recess this week and I just wanted to get...
Delta Business Journal
Senator Hyde-Smith Visits the Delta
Business Brief
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith conducted a series of meetings on February 19 in the Mississippi Delta, meeting with elected leaders and others to promote regional economic growth and tourism. The Senator’s agenda included...
Vicksburg Post
Mississippi Center for Innovation & Technology named in honor of U.S. Sen. Cochran
By John Surratt
Business leaders, government officials and area residents turned out Friday at the former Mississippi Hardware building to dedicate the building to one of the state’s most revered...
Vicksburg Post
Hyde-Smith to make Vicksburg National Military Park repairs a priority
By John Surratt, Email the author
Fixing the erosion-damaged roads at the Vicksburg National Military Park will be her top priority when she returns to Washington, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said Friday.
Speaki...
Vicksburg Post
Hyde-Smith: Money, work moving ahead on backwater pumps project
By John Surratt
Money is in place for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin meeting Environmental Protection Agency issues about the Steele Bayou Pump Project, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said Friday.
“On Feb. 10...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Miss. Delegation Requests Federal Disaster Declaration for January Storm Damage
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Friday, the Mississippi congressional delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump requesting full consideration of Mississippi Governor Tate Reeve’s request for a major...
Monroe Journal
Aberdeen aldermen discuss infrastructure, federal building
By Ray Van Dusen
ABERDEEN – From flood control to use tax funds to the Thomas G. Abernethy Federal Building, infrastructure was the centralized topic of Feb. 4’s board of aldermen meeting.
Board members and citizens...
HYDE-SMITH GETS INTERIOR SEC. COMMITMENT TO FIX VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK DAMAGES
“We Have a Big Interest in Making This Right, Too,” Secretary Bernhardt Tells Hyde-Smith
VIDEO: Hyde-Smith Receives Commitment on Vicksburg National Military Cemetery Damages
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received a personal commitment from Interior Secretary David Bernhardt that the U.S. Department of the Interior is “100 percent there” to undertake urgent repairs to...
