WICKER & HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $19.7 MILLION FOR RURAL MISS. WATER, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS

WICKER & HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $19.7 MILLION FOR RURAL MISS. WATER, WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS

USDA Water and Waste Disposal Funding Awarded for Projects for Lauderdale, Marion, Oktibbeha, Pike & Wilkinson Counties, and City of Senatobia

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $19.7 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development grants and low-interest loans to improve water and wastewater...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $1.98 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH WELCOME $1.98 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Rural Development Grants to Support Technology Installation Statewide

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of $1,980,417 to support distance learning programs across the entire state.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Rural Development will award the grants.

“These investments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS 

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS 

Rice Pact Comes on Heels of China Agreement to Lift Ban on American Poultry Imports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed news of an agreement that could allow exports of rice grown in Mississippi to South Korea.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the long-sought agreement by which South Korea will...

WITH HYDE-SMITH FIX, ENERGY COMMITTEE APPROVES GULF OF MEXICO REVENUE SHARING LEGISLATION 

WITH HYDE-SMITH FIX, ENERGY COMMITTEE APPROVES GULF OF MEXICO REVENUE SHARING LEGISLATION 

Miss. Senator Now Agrees to Cosponsor COASTAL Act to Increase Federal Offshore Revenue Payments to Mississippi

ENR Committee Markup COASTAL Act
VIDEO:  Hyde-Smith Discusses Amendment to Improve COASTAL Act.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to send an important Gulf of Mexico revenue sharing bill to the full Senate, but only after the measure included her amendment to prohibit use of funding for...

HYDE-SMITH COMMENDS DIANE ADKINS OF COLDWATER AS MISS. 'ANGELS IN ADOPTION' HONOREE 

HYDE-SMITH COMMENDS DIANE ADKINS OF COLDWATER AS MISS. 'ANGELS IN ADOPTION' HONOREE 

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Honors Tate County Woman and Other Angels this Week in Washington

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today honored Diane Adkins of Coldwater, named a 2019 “Angel in Adoption” for her work to find safe and loving homes for children in Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith nominated Adkins for the honor as part of the annual Angels in Adoption program...

Defense Bill Will Not Require Women to Sign Up for Draft After All

Newsweek

Defense Bill Will Not Require Women to Sign Up for Draft After All

By Daniel Villarreal

Adraft of the Defense Authorization Bill currently being considered by Congress has dropped a provision that would've required women to volunteer for the military draft. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley...

Longtime Senate leader, Bob Dole, passes away at age 98

SuperTalk Mississippi News

Longtime Senate leader, Bob Dole, passes away at age 98

By Andi Davis

Former Kansas Republican Senator and 1996 GOP Presidential Nominee Bob Dole passed away Sunday in his sleep at the age of 98.

Tributes are pouring in honoring what is described as a remarkable and...