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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


Mississippi senator wants CDC to form new Office of Rural Health

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Mississippi senator wants CDC to form new Office of Rural Health
 
By Troy Johnson

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has called on the CDC to form an Office of Rural Health.

Hyde-Smith said millions of Americans, including Mississippians, were disproportionately hit during the pandemic due to a lack of health care resources.

"I believe establishing a new office of rural health within the Center for Disease Control would be an important way to support rural...

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘RURAL JOBS ACT’

HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS ‘RURAL JOBS ACT’

Bipartisan Bill Would Focus New Market Tax Credits toward Fighting Rural Poverty, Creating Jobs 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today cosponsored bipartisan legislation to put greater focus on using New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) to increase job-creating investments in rural communities.

The Rural Jobs Act (S.1671) would expand upon the U.S. Treasury Department program by designating $500 million in NMTC investments for “Rural...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $10.3 MILLION IN FAA GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI AIRPORTS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $10.3 MILLION IN FAA GRANTS FOR MISSISSIPPI AIRPORTS

FAA Airport Improvement Program Grants Offer Support to 10 Facilities Statewide  

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $10.3 million for improvements at 10 Mississippi airfields. The U.S. Department of Transportation, on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), will award the grants.

“Mississippi’s airports keep passengers...

America's Farmers Fight Back Against California's War on Bacon

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America's Farmers Fight Back Against California's War on Bacon

By Gwendolyn Sims

America’s farmers and livestock producers have had enough of left-wing states like California imposing their radically clueless ideas on them and they’re taking their fight to Congress.

Senators Roger...

California’s War on Bacon Has Tempers Sizzling in Farming States

California Globe

California’s War on Bacon Has Tempers Sizzling in Farming States

‘The EATS Act would prevent states from impeding agricultural trade from other states within the United States’

By Katy Grimes

From the first state in the nation to offer prison inmates an all-vegan menu...

A Conversation With Fontaine On Restaurants, COVID Impact

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A Conversation With Fontaine On Restaurants, COVID Impact

Northside Sun

Pat Fontaine is the executive director of the Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association (MHRA). He has worked for the MHRA directly and indirectly since 2004 when he began as a loss...