Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong. The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care. She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically. The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.
WREG-TV Memphis
MS sheriff says county unequipped to house thousands of immigrant children
By Alan Selph
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tunica County Sheriff says he has concerns after finding out the former Harrah’s Casino Hotel could become a shelter for unaccompanied immigrant children.
Tunica County...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Wicker, Hyde-Smith applaud Senate passage of wildlife conservation bill
By Caleb Salers
Bipartisan legislation that will help conserve wildlife in Mississippi and other states has been unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate.
The Senate approved the America’s...
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES KEY STEP TOWARD YAZOO BACKWATER AREA FLOOD SOLUTION
Army Corps Releases Draft EIS for New Plan to Alleviate Yazoo Backwater Area Flooding, Rules Out Do-Nothing & No-Pumps Approaches
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the release of a key draft environmental impact statement (EIS) to address the recurring backwater flooding in the south Mississippi Delta.
The Yazoo Backwater Area Water Management Project, prepared by the U.S. Army...
HYDE-SMITH, CRAMER & OTHERS FILE BICAMERAL AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST SEC CLIMATE DISCLOSURE RULE
Hyde-Smith Previously Critical of SEC Rule Forcing Companies to Submit Climate-Related Info
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and others in filing a bicameral amicus brief against a final rule issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in March requiring publicly traded companies to disclose their greenhouse gas...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO SUPPORT YOUTH AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
Miss. Senator Supports Five-Year Extension of USDA Grant Program for 4-H & FFA Programs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is an original cosponsor of a bill to extend a grant program geared toward supporting agricultural youth and scouting programs in rural communities and small towns.
The Youth Lead Act (S.4499) would reauthorize grants for the National 4–H Council, National Future Farmers of America...
Progressive Farmer
Beginning Farmers Seek a Stronger Safety Net, Better Access to Capital and Crop Insurance
By Chris Clayton
OMAHA (DTN) -- As senators work out their details for a farm bill, young farmers on Tuesday told them about the need for base acres and higher reference prices, as well as...
Magnolia Tribune
Proposed Tunica development to house unaccompanied minors fails to gain support
Learn more about Rapid Deployment, the company at the center of the proposed migrant minor project.
By: Frank Corder
Tunica County Supervisors voted 3-2 on Thursday against supporting a proposal to...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
‘We’re not prepared’: Hyde-Smith objects to abandoned Tunica hotel being used to house migrant youth
By Caleb Salers
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is speaking out against a proposal to use a vacant casino hotel property in north Mississippi as a shelter for...
Agri-Pulse
GOP senators propose subsidy boost for buy-up crop insurance
By Philip Brasher
Some Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee are calling for increasing premium subsidies for crop insurance policies that will cover up to 85% of a farmer’s revenue risk without jeopardizing their...
McComb Enterprise-Journal
Log Trucks Able To Use Interstates In Miss.
By Matt Williamson
Log trucks are returning to interstate highways, thanks to recent federal legislation, and can abandon the circuitous routes through cities and towns they had been forced to use.
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith...
