News Mississippi
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...
Laurel Leader-Call
‘Glade tornado was like this’
By Mark Thornton
Man who cleaned up after that twister hit by second F4 in county history
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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...
News Mississippi
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...
HYDE-SMITH SUPPORTS BILL ADDING PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM FUNDS, FURTHER SUPPORT FOR HOSPITALS & TESTING
U.S. Senate Passes Paycheck Protection Program & Health Care Enhancement Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today supported Senate passage of a fourth relief bill related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including new resources to help small businesses survive and new eligibility provisions for agricultural operations.
The Senate on Tuesday approved the Paycheck...
HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHTS AG DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR TORNADO VICTIMS
USDA Programs, Discretionary Funds Can Help Offset Losses from Recent Tornadoes, Severe Spring Storms
Mississippi Easter Sunday Tornado Storm Damage to Poultry Houses (April 14, 2020)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today identified U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that could help cattle producers, poultry growers, and private landowners who experienced losses from recent historic...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
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...
