Newsweek
Republicans Urge Treasury to Keep 'Critical' Fund After Trump Order
By Mandy Taheri and Gabe Whisnant
The Trump administration's move to cut funding for Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI), which helps expand access to capital is facing strong bipartisan backlash...
Progressive Farmer
Lawmakers, Farm Groups Praise Release of Economic Aid
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor @ChrisClaytonDTN
Lawmakers and farm groups offered their praise Tuesday for USDA announcing the signup for the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) while also noting their...
Vicksburg Daily News
Bill to strengthen rural water system resilience, disaster response reintroduced
By Staff Reports
WASHINGTON (VDN) — U.S. Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) have reintroduced the Rural Water System Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
The U.S. Farm Bill: A chat with Delta Council’s Frank Howell about the long wait for #19
By MARK H. STOWERS
The U.S. Farm Bill – hundreds of pages of legislation with 12 sections that cover everything from crop insurance to food stamps. The 2018 version – the last one...
HYDE-SMITH AGAIN PUSHES TO DELIVER COMBAT-INJURED VETERANS FULL MILITARY BENEFITS
Legislation Reintroduced to Provide Combat-Injured Veterans with Full Earned Disability Compensation & Retirement Pay
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In advance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day on Saturday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that she is again supporting an effort to overturn a policy that denies some combat-disabled veterans from receiving full military retirement pay and veteran...
HYDE-SMITH, COTTON INTRODUCE CELLPHONE JAMMING REFORM ACT
Legislation Targets Contraband Use of Cellphones in Prison Facilities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has joined U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in introducing legislation to combat the illicit use of cellphones by prisoners in federal and state prisons.
The Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2025 (S.1137) would allow state and federal prisons to use cellphone jamming systems to prevent inmates from using...
The Hagstrom Report
USDA: Farmers can apply Wednesday for economic disaster aid
By JERRY HAGSTROM
Agriculture Department officials told reporters today that farmers can begin applying Wednesday for the $10 billion in economic disaster aid that Congress passed as part of an end-of-the-year funding...
Oklahoma Farm Report
NCBA President Buck Wehrbein Addresses Congress about Beef Industry Challenges
Feb. 28, 2025
Buck Wehrbein, a Nebraska cattleman, recently ascended to the role of NCBA president during CattleCon 2025. Wehrbein, with a 45-year career in the cattle feeding sector, brings...
Texas Insider
Sen. Cruz Reintroduces the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act
"Sanctuary cities continue to defy the law by releasing dangerous criminals back into our communities instead of turning them over to federal immigration authorities."
By Gilbert Rodriguez
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act. The bill would allow local law enforcement to cooperate...
Mississippi State University Newsroom
MSU state-of-the-art wind lab marks new era in national drone testing
Contact: Claire Wilson
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A new wind-simulation system operating within a Mississippi State laboratory now enables researchers to measure gusts, turbulence and other...
