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...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO STUDY INSULIN AFFORDABILITY

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO STUDY INSULIN AFFORDABILITY

Miss. Senators Introduce “Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Tina Smith (R-Minn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) to introduce the Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act. 

The bipartisan legislation (S.2855) would direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete a comprehensive study of...

Senate passes $484 billion relief package

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Senate passes $484 billion relief package

By J.T. Mitchell

This afternoon, the United States Senate passed a $484 billion coronavirus-relief package that will go towards small businesses, hospitals, and test expansion.

Of the $484 billion, $310 billion will be used for keeping...

Senator Hyde-Smith works to reopen the economy

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Senator Hyde-Smith works to reopen the economy

By J.T. Mitchell

Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who was recently appointed to the Opening Up America Congressional Group, joined Monday’s episode of The Gallo Show to express the importance of reopening the American economy in...

‘Glade tornado was like this’ 

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‘Glade tornado was like this’ 

By Mark Thornton

Man who cleaned up after that twister hit by second F4 in county history

There are only two F4 tornadoes recorded in Jones County history, and Mike Kelley was directly involved with both of them.

He went to Glade to work on...