HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS 

HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES U.S.-SOUTH KOREA RICE AGREEMENT AS GOOD FOR MISSISSIPPI PRODUCERS 

Rice Pact Comes on Heels of China Agreement to Lift Ban on American Poultry Imports

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed news of an agreement that could allow exports of rice grown in Mississippi to South Korea.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced the long-sought agreement by which South Korea will...

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WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO STUDY INSULIN AFFORDABILITY

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH LEAD EFFORT TO STUDY INSULIN AFFORDABILITY

Miss. Senators Introduce “Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senators Tina Smith (R-Minn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) to introduce the Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act. 

The bipartisan legislation (S.2855) would direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to complete a comprehensive study of...

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HYDE-SMITH:  U.S. NAVY WILL NAME GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYER FOR U.S. SENATOR THAD COCHRAN 

HYDE-SMITH:  U.S. NAVY WILL NAME GUIDED-MISSILE DESTROYER FOR U.S. SENATOR THAD COCHRAN 

US Sen Thad Cochran
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.)
USS Thad Cochran Graphic

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a decision by Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer to name a future guided-missile destroyer after her predecessor, the late U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.).

Hyde-Smith said Spencer made the decision to honor Cochran by naming a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile...

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New Hope class meets Trump during Tupelo rally

Columbus Dispatch

New Hope class meets Trump during Tupelo rally

By Isabelle Altman

When New Hope Middle School seventh grader Lariyon Beckwith told his teacher, Liza Miley, he wanted to meet the president, she didn't really expect it to happen.

Still, Miley took a video of Beckwith on her phone...

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Federal grant to fund $12.66M in improvements along Highway 182

Columbus Dispatch

Federal grant to fund $12.66M in improvements along Highway 182

By Tess Vrbin

About a mile of downtown Starkville along Highway 182, or Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, will get a long-awaited makeover thanks to a $12.66 million federal grant, the largest infrastructure grant...

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MSU homecoming king meets President Trump during Tupelo visit

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo

MSU homecoming king meets President Trump during Tupelo visit

By Danny McArthur Daily Journal

TUPELO • After being named Mississippi State Homecoming King, Tupelo native Spencer Kirkpatrick received recognition for his accomplishment from the highest...

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$20 million granted for new overpass in Gulfport

WLOX-TV Biloxi

$20 million granted for new overpass in Gulfport

By WLOX Staff

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a $20.46 million Better Utilizing Investment to Leverage Development grant to assist with construction of a new roadway and overpass in Gulfport.

“T...

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Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.

American Medical Association

Federal law cripples telehealth in Medicare. New bill changes that.

Kevin B. O'Reilly, News Editor, American Medical Association

What’s the news: A bipartisan Senate bill unveiled last week would make it easier for patients enrolled in Medicare to receive telehealth...

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LYME TIME:  We Did It!

Boothbay (Maine) Register

LYME TIME:  We Did It!

By Paula Jackson Jones

Last week, former Senator Kay Hagan (N.C.) passed away from complications due to the tick-borne disease known as the Powassan virus. That same week, the Senate Health Committee voted unanimously to advance legislation...

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