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HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $10.8 MILLION FOR MISS. LAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY

Justice Department Allocates FY24 COPS Grants for Miss. Cities, Counties & Schools

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, today welcomed the award of more than $10.8 million through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to boost law enforcement in communities throughout Mississippi.

Hyde-Smith, as member of the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH HIGHLIGHT MISS. LITERACY PROGRESS AS SENATE PASSES NATIONAL RESOLUTION

Miss. Senators Cosponsored Bipartisan Resolution Designating September as National Literacy Month

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today applauded unanimous Senate passage of a resolution that designates September 2024 as “National Literacy Month” and encourages greater strides to improve literacy for K-12 students nationwide.

Wicker and Hyde-Smith...

HYDE-SMITH REPORTS $6.85 MILLION AWARDED TO REPAIR DISASTER-DAMAGED FEDERAL ROADWAYS IN MISS. 

FHWA Emergency Relief Grants Include $4.3 Million for Vicksburg National Military Park & Natchez Trace Repairs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reported that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has approved more than $6.85 million in emergency relief grants to defray the costs for repairing and reconstructing federal roadways damaged by flooding, storms, and...