WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE FEMA FUNDS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SAFE ROOMS IN FORREST COUNTY

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE FEMA FUNDS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SAFE ROOMS IN FORREST COUNTY

$1.0 Million Grant Awarded to Complete Last of 10 Safe Rooms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $1.06 million in federal funding to build two more safe rooms in Forrest County.
 
The new safe rooms would complete the goal of constructing 10 safe rooms at schools around Forrest...

HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

HYDE-SMITH LANDS SECOND SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP

Miss. Senator Will Chair Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has been named chairman of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Marketing, and Agriculture Security, a panel with oversight over livestock and dairy production, marketing, food safety, and security issues.
 
The appointment means Hyde-Smith will chair two subcommittees in...

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO PROHIBIT USE OF FEDERAL MONEY FOR STATE GUN REGISTRIES

HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES BILL TO PROHIBIT USE OF FEDERAL MONEY FOR STATE GUN REGISTRIES

Ten Senators Cosponsor GRIP Act to Protect Gun Owners’ Privacy Rights

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced the Gun-owner Registration Information Protection Act (GRIP Act) to ensure federal funding cannot be used by states, localities, or any other organization to maintain gun registries.
 
The GRIP Act (S.351) would clarify existing law that prohibits the use of any...

Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

Higher Ed Institutions To Receive Cares Act Funding

The Enterprise-Tocsin

Over $55 million will be going into Mississippi’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities or minority-serving institutions.

According to a release from U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith this week...

Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends

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Telemedicine key to US health care even after pandemic ends

Doctors, advocates, lawmakers call for permanent lifting of telehealth restrictions once current emergency eases

By Gopal Ratnam

As thousands of patients struck by COVID-19 rushed to seek treatment in overcrowded New York...