Evers home to become a national monument

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Evers home to become a national monument

By Steven Gagliano

The Medgar & Myrlie Evers home in Jackson is on its way to becoming a national monument. 

Congress recently sent the ‘Natural Resources Management Act’ to President Trump’s desk, and included in the bill, is a proposal...

HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO COMBAT GROWING THREAT OF CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE

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Bill Authorizes Additional Resources for State CWD Management & Surveillance Efforts, Establishes Unified Response Framework

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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $1.0 MILLION GRANT TO ADVANCE MANUFACTURING IN MISSISSIPPI

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $1.0 million Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) grant to support a Mississippi Manufacturers Association (MMA) program to improve the competitiveness of the state’s manufacturing sector.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology grant will support ongoing work by the MEP Center for Mississippi, a MMA-led initiative...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today announced her support for legislation to give the agriculture sector a greater voice in setting policies on transporting livestock and agriculture commodities.

Hyde-Smith is an original cosponsor of the...