Photo of Brookhaven, a rural town

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.

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $8.0 MILLION TO BACK INVESTMENT IN RURAL & UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $8.0 MILLION TO BACK INVESTMENT IN RURAL & UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

Forty-Eight Miss. Financial Institutions Awarded Bank Enterprise Award Program Funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $8.0 million that will allow 48 Mississippi banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions to back investments in economically-distressed areas.

The FY2021 Bank Enterprise Award Program (BEA Program) grants were...

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HYDE-SMITH & CORPS OFFICIALS AGREE PUMPS WOULD BRING MEANINGFUL FLOOD PROTECTION TO YAZOO BACKWATER AREA

HYDE-SMITH & CORPS OFFICIALS AGREE PUMPS WOULD BRING MEANINGFUL FLOOD PROTECTION TO YAZOO BACKWATER AREA

At Hearing, Hyde-Smith Pressed Army Corps Officials on Environmental Justice and Reviving Pumping Station Cancelled by EPA

Hearing Photo Snip
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Presses Army Corps Officials on path forward for Yazoo Backwater Pumps.
VIDEO CLIP:  Senator Hyde-Smith on Peer-Reviewed Science &Environmental Justice Behind Yazoo Backwater Pumps.
PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Army for...

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Gautier gets $2.77 million for water improvements

Mississippi Press

Gautier gets $2.77 million for water improvements

By Warren Kulo

GAUTIER, Mississippi -- The 2022 federal appropriations package signed into law March 11 includes nearly $3 million in funding for the City of Gautier to make improvements to its water systems.

The $2.77 million...

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Hyde-Smith, Wicker cosponsor bill to empower nation’s workforce

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Hyde-Smith, Wicker cosponsor bill to empower nation’s workforce

By Daily Leader Staff

U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith, of Brookhaven, and Roger Wicker — both R-Miss. — have cosponsored the Employee Rights Act of 2022.

This legislation would protect workers and small...

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Murphy to take flight as an Air Force Academy cadet

DeSoto County News

Murphy to take flight as an Air Force Academy cadet

By Bob Bakken 

When the Class of 2022 at Lewisburg High School receives their diplomas later this spring, the many students will take and fly off in definite directions as they pursue their future plans, whether it be college...

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Illinois senator proposes requiring oil companies to keep prices down

WGN-TV Chicago/Nexstar

Illinois senator proposes requiring oil companies to keep prices down

Nexstar

By Raquel Martin

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — With Americans paying more at the pump, Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on the root of the problem and therefore aren’t on the same page about solutions.

D...

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