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...

HYDE-SMITH:  THREE RURAL MISS. WATER PROVIDERS AWARDED $2.39 MILLION FOR UPGRADES

HYDE-SMITH:  THREE RURAL MISS. WATER PROVIDERS AWARDED $2.39 MILLION FOR UPGRADES

USDA Rural Development Provides Loan-Grant Funding for Water System Improvements in Coahoma, Union & Wayne Counties

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, today announced the approval of more than $2.93 million in loan and grant funding to improve water systems in three rural Mississippi communities.

USDA Rural Development...

Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam

WTOK-TV Meridian

Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam

By Andrew Samet

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - We will be moving the clock forward by one hour early Sunday morning and there is a push in the nation’s capital to make this time change permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act was...

Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA

Environment and Energy News

Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA

By Kevin Bogardus

The Senate this evening confirmed Michael Regan to be EPA administrator in a vote with bipartisan support.
President Biden's nominee to lead the agency was approved 66-34, with several Republican senators...

Senators Push For Increase Rice Trade With Iraq

Brownfield Ag News

Senators Push For Increase Rice Trade With Iraq

By Meghan Grebner

Senators from rice producing states are urging American and Iraqi officials to take steps to increase US rice exports to Iraq. 

The group says both the Iraqi people and American farmers would benefit from the...