Y’all Politics
Will Yazoo pumps deliver “environmental justice” to the Mississippi Delta?
Senators Hyde-Smith and Wicker join other Mississippians who want the pumps finished as Congressman Thompson continues to waffle.
By Anne Summerhays
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in 2020 that the...
Open Secrets
Biden’s FEC nominee pledges consensus building in Senate hearing
By William Gavin
President Joe Biden’s nominee for the Federal Elections Commission, Dara Lindenbaum, touted herself as a “consensus builder” and vowed to obey ethical norms at a U.S. Senate Rules Committee hearing...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Sen. Hyde-Smith wants agreement on future of pumping station
By Rachel Hernandez
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – United States Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and United States Army Corps of Engineers officials are looking for the next step for the Yazoo Backwater Area.
At a Senate...
Madison County Journal
County gets $4M for Bozeman 4-laning
By STAFF REPORTS
A $4 million federal grant will go toward the widening of Bozeman Road from Highway 463 to Reunion Parkway, officials announced this week.
The funding, appropriated through Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was part...
WLBT-TV Jackson
Miss. Senators will vote no on Supreme Court nominee
By Jacob Gallant
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Mississippi’s U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, both Republicans, plan to vote no during a confirmation hearing on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Jackson is...
Vicksburg Post
‘Environmental Justice’: Corps officials testify on the Yazoo Pumps Project
By Anna Guizerix
Republican U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith pressed U.S. Army Corps officials on environmental justice and the Yazoo Backwater Pumps project this week.
At a Senate Energy and Water Development...
Y’all Politics
Hyde-Smith: I cannot in good conscience support the confirmation of Judge Jackson to SCOTUS
Senator Hyde-Smith says Jackson’s record indicates a readiness to legislate from the bench.
By Frank Corder
As expected, Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) issued the following...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PROTEST DELISTING OF IRANIAN TERROR GROUP
Miss. Senators Stand Against Concessions to Iran for Renewed Nuclear Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today pushed back on President Biden’s consideration of delisting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in exchange for the approval of a new nuclear deal with Iran.
The Senators and 12 of their colleagues expressed their...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS HEARING PROTECTION ACT
Measure Would Reclassify Suppressors to Regulate Them as Regular Firearms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced she has cosponsored legislation to reform the regulation of suppressors and make them more available to help preserve the hearing of sportsmen and their hunting dogs.
The Hearing Protection Act (S.2050) would reclassify suppressors to regulate them like a regular firearm. U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R...
Y’all Politics
Mississippi lawmakers vote to prohibit state, local governments from imposing COVID vaccine mandate
By Anne Summerhays
Both the Mississippi House and Senate have now voted to adopt the conference report on House Bill 1509, a bill prohibiting state and local governments from...
