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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.


HYDE-SMITH:  HHS AWARDS $1.34 MILLION TO OXFORD & MSU FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

HYDE-SMITH:  HHS AWARDS $1.34 MILLION TO OXFORD & MSU FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $1.34 million to address ongoing mental health and substance abuse needs in Mississippi through suicide prevention and opioid abuse mitigation.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Grants to Communicare of Oxford and the Mississippi State...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $22 MILLION TO SUPPORT PASCAGOULA FOUNDRY

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $22 MILLION TO SUPPORT PASCAGOULA FOUNDRY

Dept. of Defense Invests in Maintaining the Only Privately-Owned Foundry in the Nation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $22 million federal investment to maintain the Rolls-Royce Naval Foundry and Machining Center in Pascagoula.

The Defense Department funding agreement with Rolls-Royce is intended to maintain and expand the foundry, which produces propellers and main propulsion systems...

HYDE-SMITH:  FEMA PROVIDES $1.48 MILLION FOR CORINTH DRAINAGE PIPE REPAIR

HYDE-SMITH:  FEMA PROVIDES $1.48 MILLION FOR CORINTH DRAINAGE PIPE REPAIR

Tropical Storm Olga Flooding Damaged Underground Storm Drainage System

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved $1.48 million to support the City of Corinth’s repair of an underground storm drainage system.

FEMA is providing 75 percent of the repair cost for the South Corinth Arch Pipe Drainage System, which was damaged...

Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps

Delta Business Journal

Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps

By Becky Gillette

There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...

Two Mississippi ports receive $8M in infrastructure funding

WJTV-TV Jackson

Two Mississippi ports receive $8M in infrastructure funding

By: Cianna Reeves

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – More than $8 million in U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant funding will go toward rail projects at two Mississippi ports, Port Bienville in Hancock County and the...