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 WELCOMES $52 MILLION GRANT TO REVIVE GLOSTER RAIL SERVICE
HYDE-SMITH WELCOMES $52 MILLION GRANT TO REVIVE GLOSTER RAIL SERVICE
Gloster Southern Restoration Project in Amite Co. Receives U.S. Dept. of Transportation Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed the award of $52 million to restore the Gloster Southern Railroad system in southwest Mississippi.
Hyde-Smith, ranking member on the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, worked actively with the Town of Gloster to...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $96 MILLION U.S. ARMY CONTRACT FOR TAYLOR DEFENSE
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE $96 MILLION U.S. ARMY CONTRACT FOR TAYLOR DEFENSE
Louisville Company to Support Army Container Handler Modernization
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised a $96,851,697 U.S. Army contract award to Taylor Defense Products, LLC. of Louisville to support the Rough Terrain Container Handler (RTCH) Modernization program.
The award follows a competitive process that selected Taylor Defense to modernize the...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RURAL VETERINARY WORKFORCE ACT
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS RURAL VETERINARY WORKFORCE ACT
Bipartisan Legislation Written to Address Shortage of Veterinarians in Rural America
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is among a bipartisan group of Senators who have reintroduced legislation to address the growing shortage of veterinarians in rural communities.
The Rural Veterinary Workforce Act (S.2829) would end the current 39 percent federal withholding tax on loan repayment awards given to veterinarians who...
Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi’s 37th Youth Tour
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi’s 37th Youth Tour
By Daily Leader Staff
The three components of the Cooperative Youth Leaders program are Learn, Grow, and Experience. Eighty-five rising high school seniors from across Mississippi traveled to Washington, DC, in June to...
Camp Kamassa host first group of guests, makes progress
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Camp Kamassa host first group of guests, makes progress
By Hunter Cloud
CRYSTAL SPRINGS — Six years after Camp Kamassa first broke ground, the camp for people with special needs and disabilities was able to hold its first camp. Radically Against Dystrophy, a summer camp...
Fiber Optic Groundbreaking
Delta Business Journal
Fiber Optic Groundbreaking
Took place in Mound Bayou on Aug. 5
DBJ
On Monday, (August 5) a groundbreaking ceremony took place in Mound Bayou for an upcoming fiber optic network expansion that will soon take place there. Arriva, formally known as Mound Bayou Telephone &...