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 ENCOURAGES MISS. FARMERS TO CONSIDER NEW USDA SEED COTTON PROGRAM
HYDE-SMITH ENCOURAGES MISS. FARMERS TO CONSIDER NEW USDA SEED COTTON PROGRAM
Dec. 7 Enrollment Deadline Set for Cotton Producers to Choose Revenue or Price Loss Coverage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippi farmers to take advantage of new risk-management protections for seed cotton producers under Title I of the farm bill.
Hyde-Smith, who serves on both the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Agriculture Appropriations...
MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $9.77 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL AIRPORTS
MISS. LAWMAKERS ANNOUNCE $9.77 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO LOCAL AIRPORTS
Federal Aviation Administration Approves 20 Grants to Support Statewide Transportation Upgrades
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $9.77 million for improvements to 20 airports across the state.
The grants will be awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation on behalf of the Federal Aviation...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $6.32 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT 15 LOCAL AIRPORTS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $6.32 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT 15 LOCAL AIRPORTS
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of more than $6.32 million in grants to make improvements at 15 local airports throughout Mississippi.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airport improvement grants will support infrastructure construction, safety improvements, and equipment acquisition. The grants, which range from $1.0 million for...
Approval of spending bill good news for future of backwater pumps
Vicksburg Post
Approval of spending bill good news for future of backwater pumps
By Tim Reeves
WASHINGTON — The Senate voted to advance a $1.4 trillion government spending package in a last bipartisan burst of legislating before leaving for the holidays.
The first bill in a two-bill package...
Google to open Operations Center in region
DeSoto Times-Tribune
Google to open Operations Center in region
By Bob Bakken
We don’t know exactly where it will be located yet, but the mega-giant internet service and product provider Google is set to add its first Operations Center (GOC) in Northwest Mississippi.
The facility, set to open...
Roberts, Stabenow Announce Committee Passes Bills
Kansas Ag Connection
Roberts, Stabenow Announce Committee Passes Bills
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman Pat Roberts of Kansas and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow of Michigan Tuesday announced the Committee passed their bipartisan legislation, S. 2695, the...