MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION TO OVERCOME FEBRUARY STORM DAMAGE

MISS. DELEGATION REQUESTS FEDERAL DISASTER DECLARATION TO OVERCOME FEBRUARY STORM DAMAGE

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Trent Kelly (R-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) issued a letter Thursday asking President Biden to approve Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves’s request for a major disaster declaration due to the extreme winter weather that hit the state of...

HYDE-SMITH PUSHES PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING BAN AS BIDEN & BECERRA TAKE STEPS FOR ABORTIONS ON DEMAND

HYDE-SMITH PUSHES PLANNED PARENTHOOD FUNDING BAN AS BIDEN & BECERRA TAKE STEPS FOR ABORTIONS ON DEMAND

Cosponsoring Legislation to Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today signaled her opposition to Biden administration efforts to open Title X federal funding to abortion providers like Planned Parenthood.

In response, Hyde-Smith today also cosponsored the Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act (S.1144) to protect that...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN BIPARTISAN PUSH TO INCREASE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH JOIN BIPARTISAN PUSH TO INCREASE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION

Twenty-nine Senators Ask Biden to Fully Fund Initiatives as U.S. Manufacturers, Industries Face Chip Shortage 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are part of a bipartisan group of Senators asking President Biden to take steps to energize semiconductor manufacturing in the United States as the nation struggles with chip shortages from pandemic-related market...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO HELP MILITARY FAMILIES

Licensing Reciprocity Measure Intended to Ease Burdens on Working Military Spouses

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Tuesday helped introduce to make it easier for military spouses with valid professional licenses to continue their careers wherever their spouse is serving on military orders.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of Utah Senator Mike Lee’s Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act (S.1084).  This...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS BILL TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Hyde-Smith Teams with Tenn. Sen. Blackburn to Offer Alternative to Biden Infrastructure Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) to introduce legislation to remove barriers for rural areas in need of federal infrastructure assistance—a plan that stands as a stark alternative to the Biden administration’s infrastructure approach involving...

Officials Break Ground on Hall Avenue East Overpass Project

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Officials Break Ground on Hall Avenue East Overpass Project

By Haskel Burns

A little more than two years ago, Hub City officials announced the reception of a $5.39 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements grant from the Mississippi Department of Transportation to...