MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE $71.46 MILLION GRANT FOR GREENVILLE FREIGHT CORRIDOR PROJECT

MISS. SENATORS ANNOUNCE $71.46 MILLION GRANT FOR GREENVILLE FREIGHT CORRIDOR PROJECT

U.S. Dept. of Transportation Grant Would Reduce Congestion in Downtown Greenville, Expedite Freight Travel

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $71,460,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to construct 15.6 miles of the Greenville Bypass Freight Corridor, which will complete a U.S. 82 bypass from near the Greenville...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF CORY WILSON TO SERVE ON FIFTH CIRCUIT

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH CELEBRATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF CORY WILSON TO SERVE ON FIFTH CIRCUIT

Nomination of Mississippian Selected by Trump for Federal Bench Heads to the Senate Floor

Cory Wilson
Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today hailed committee approval of the nomination of Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Cory T. Wilson to be a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

The...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND $219 MILLION AWARD FOR MISSISSIPPI HOSPITALS

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND $219 MILLION AWARD FOR MISSISSIPPI HOSPITALS

COVID-19 Relief Funds Will Support ‘Safety Net’ Hospitals 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended today commended the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) award of $219,200,279 in Provider Relief Funds to Mississippi hospitals.

The funds are intended to help “safety net” hospitals that serve a disproportionate number of Medicaid patients or...

Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time

CBS News

Group of bipartisan senators pushes for permanent Daylight Saving Time

By Caitlin O'Kane

Americans are about to "spring forward" and adjust their clocks for Daylight Saving Time, and a group of lawmakers wants to make it the last clock change ever. A bipartisan bill has been introduced...

Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam

WTOK-TV Meridian

Push to make daylight saving time permanent gains steam

By Andrew Samet

MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - We will be moving the clock forward by one hour early Sunday morning and there is a push in the nation’s capital to make this time change permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act was...

Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA

Environment and Energy News

Senate confirms Michael Regan to lead EPA

By Kevin Bogardus

The Senate this evening confirmed Michael Regan to be EPA administrator in a vote with bipartisan support.
President Biden's nominee to lead the agency was approved 66-34, with several Republican senators...