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.
WJTV-TV Jackson
Delta State awarded $2M grant to train agricultural pilots
By Biancca Ball
CLEVELAND, Miss. (WJTV) - Delta State University’s (DSU) Department of Commercial Aviation was recently appropriated $2 million by the United States Senate to implement an Agricultural Aircraft Operations...
Y’all Politics
Wicker, Hyde-Smith welcome $7.7 million for North Mississippi infrastructure
Grants will go towards nine infrastructure projects in multiple Mississippi counties in the Appalachia region.
By Anne Summerhays
On Friday, U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)...
Y’all Politics
U.S. Dept. of Commerce awards $4 million to boost workforce development in Panola County, Mississippi
The investment will be matched with $2 million in local funds and is expected to help retain 350 jobs.
By Anne Summerhays
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced on...
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
Education bill would provide scholarships to improve child learning
By Brent Addleman | The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A bill that would empower parents to help their children recover learning losses has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.
Rep...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Hyde-Smith, colleagues seek answers from social media platforms amid fentanyl crisis
By SuperTalk News Staff
A group of U.S. Senators, including Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), recently penned a letter to the CEOs of Instagram, TikTok, Snap Inc., and YouTube asking...
WJTV-TV Jackson
$30M in grants to expand internet service in rural Mississippi
By Jaylan Wright
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Leaders announced more than $30.0 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development funding for broadband fiber delivery to residents in seven rural Mississippi...
Y’all Politics
Senator Hyde-Smith asks Biden Administration to amend funding request to include Jackson water crisis
Miss. Senator suggests capital city emergency warrants as much attention as other disasters, Monkeypox.
By Anne Summerhays
On Thursday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) asked...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi governor and Jackson mayor appear together for second time at Jackson State
Wicker Perlis
In their second joint news conference since the water crisis began in Jackson more than a week ago, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Gov. Tate Reeves appeared side-by-side...
The Yazoo Herald
Residents Continue To Wait For Backwater Pumps
By Jamie Patterson
Residents are still demanding answers and relief when it comes to the status of the Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps Project.
Town hall meetings and panels of elected and federal officials have recently held meetings...
The Center Square
Mississippi senators want to see ‘end’ to war on domestic oil, gas
By Brent Addleman
(The Center Square) – A pair of Mississippi federal legislators are calling for an end to what they call President Joe Biden’s war on domestic oil and gas.
Republican Sens. Roger Wicker and...
