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Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state.  The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.

Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.


Local students selected for United States Senate Youth Program

WLBT-TV Jackson 

Local students selected for United States Senate Youth Program

By Morgan Howard and ShaCamree Gowdy

JACKSON, MS (WLBT) - Cadet Col. Ruben Banks from Jim Hill High School and Kennedy Guest, a student at Brandon High School, have been selected for the 2019 United States...

Mississippi students selected for U.S. Senate Youth Program

News Mississippi

Mississippi students selected for U.S. Senate Youth Program

By Brittany Land

Ruben Banks, of Jackson, and Kennedy Guest, of Brandon, were selected from among the state’s top student leaders to be part of the 2019 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).

Banks, a Jim...