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Ag Industry Could See a Boost Under Relief Bill
From Staff Reports
The agriculture industry could be getting a boost from Congress soon.
According to a release from U.S Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, there is currently a “two-pronged coronavirus relief plan for U.S...
Environment & Energy News
Trump admin revives flood project killed by EPA veto
By Daniel Cusick
The Trump administration has resurrected a World War II-era flood control project that Mississippi politicians say was unfairly smothered by an overzealous EPA 12 years ago.
The Yazoo Pumps project...
Delta Farm Press
Corps of Engineers reconsidering pumps project
Corps of Engineers to do Environmental Impact Study
By Ron Smith
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday, April 15, the intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Yazoo Basin...
News Mississippi
Wicker, Hyde-Smith to serve on President’s economic recovery task force
By Steven Gagliano
As conversations regarding the re-opening of the American economy ramp up, Mississippi’s Senators will serve on President Trump’s ‘Opening Up America Again Congressional Group’.
Senators...
Vicksburg Post
District to prepare environmental impact statement for pumps project
By John Surratt
The announcement Thursday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District will prepare a supplemental environmental impact study for the Yazoo Area Pump Project has some officials hoping...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi to receive $47.1 million from HHS to support families with child care options
Apr 14, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith announced that Mississippi will receive $47,131,386 in the Child Care and Development Block Grant funding. This is part of...
Laurel Leader-Call
Senators ask for flexibility in states’ spending of funds
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith joined Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin requesting...
News Mississippi
Mississippi health providers receive $375 million for relief payments
By Steven Gagliano
The initial flow of federal funding has made its way to Mississippi following the March passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde...
Magnolia Banner-News
Boozman, other Senators issue plea to leaders for public hospital funding
By Banner-News
U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) has urged Senate leadership to expand eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to public hospitals.
The Small Business Administration...
Laurel Leader-Call
Education institutions getting grants through CARES Act
Apr 10, 2020
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), who serves on the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee provided the following figures for CARES Act grants from the U.S...
