MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE AWARD OF $409,700 IN GRANTS TO UPGRADE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, VEHICLES

MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE AWARD OF $409,700 IN GRANTS TO UPGRADE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, VEHICLES

Wicker, Hyde-Smith Detail USDA Grants to Support Local Services in Rural Communities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised the award of $409,700 for 11 community improvement projects in Mississippi.

The Community Facilities Program grants will be awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development.

“These USDA Rural...

HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES BENEFITS OF DRUG COURTS TO PUBLIC AS 58 GRADUATE FROM HATTIESBURG PROGRAM

HYDE-SMITH PROMOTES BENEFITS OF DRUG COURTS TO PUBLIC AS 58 GRADUATE FROM HATTIESBURG PROGRAM

Senator Delivers Keynote at 15th Judicial District Drug Court Ceremony

HATTIESBURG, MISS. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today promoted the public benefit of the drug court system as part of her keynote address to 2019 graduates of the 15th Judicial District Drug Court.

Hyde-Smith, who as a state senator was key to the 2003 creation of Mississippi’s drug court system, cited growing...

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS EXTENDED DUCK HUNTING SEASON IN MISS.

HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS EXTENDED DUCK HUNTING SEASON IN MISS.

Senator Authored Law Giving States Right to Extend Federal Duck Hunting Season to Jan. 31

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today highlighted the approval of the 2019-2020 duck hunting season in Mississippi, which will extend to Jan. 31, 2020, as a result of a law change she authored.

Gone is the “last Sunday in January” deadline previously set by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for duck hunting seasons...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS RESOLUTION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR DISEASE

HYDE-SMITH BACKS RESOLUTION TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILDHOOD BRAIN TUMOR DISEASE

DIPG Pediatric Brain Cancer Has Claimed the Lives of South Mississippi Children

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today agreed to be a lead cosponsor of a Senate resolution calling for greater awareness of DIPG Pediatric Brain Cancer, a rare disease that has claimed the lives of three children in South Mississippi over an eight-year period.

The resolution would designate Friday, May 17...

FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, HYDE-SMITH HONORS MISS. OFFICERS KILLED IN 2018

FOR NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, HYDE-SMITH HONORS MISS. OFFICERS KILLED IN 2018

Senator Pays Tribute to Law Enforcement, Set to Participate in 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service on Wednesday

Police Week Tribute Speech
VIDEO:  Senator Hyde-Smith delivers National Police Week tribute.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commemorated Mississippi police officers who were killed in 2018 and are being recognized during National Police Week in Washington.

Hyde-Smith delivered...

Wicker Leads 46 Lawmakers To End Taxpayer Funded Abortion

Clarksdale Press Register

Wicker Leads 46 Lawmakers To End Taxpayer Funded Abortion

By The Press Register

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., this week led 46 of his colleagues in reintroducing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which...

MEMA awarded $32 million to aid vaccine distribution

SuperTalk Mississippi News

MEMA awarded $32 million to aid vaccine distribution

by Steven Gagliano

A large chunk of federal funding will aid Mississippi’s vaccination distribution efforts. 

$32 million in grant funding has been awarded to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to support...

Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed

National Hog Farmer

Republican senators urge to keep WOTUS repealed

Resolution expresses desire to see Navigable Waters Protection rule in place.

by Jacqui Fatka

Republican members of Senate are urging support for a resolution that expresses the need for the U.S. Senate to stand with workers...

Sen. Hyde-Smith announces CPB will pay $21.2M for security helicopters

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

Sen. Hyde-Smith announces CPB will pay $21.2M for security helicopters

Staff Report

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, said Tuesday the Customs and Border Protection...