HYDE-SMITH:  MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY

HYDE-SMITH:  MISS. SMALL BUSINESSES CAN USE NEW PPP LOAN FLEXIBILITY

President Trump Signs Bill Increasing Flexibility of the Paycheck Protection Program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today said she expects Mississippi businesses to take advantage of reforms to the successful Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was created in the CARES Act to help small businesses survive the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump on Friday...

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO INCREASE MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO MISS. RURAL HOSPITALS

HYDE-SMITH BACKS BILL TO INCREASE MEDICARE PAYMENTS TO MISS. RURAL HOSPITALS

Long-Term Fix to Medicare Wage Index Formula Would Address Disparity Benefiting Bigger States

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today threw her support behind legislation to increase Medicare payments to rural states like Mississippi, which could help rural Mississippi hospitals ease growing financial pressures.

Hyde-Smith, a member of the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and...

HYDE-SMITH ADDRESSES THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, CIVIL UNREST

HYDE-SMITH ADDRESSES THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD, CIVIL UNREST

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today issued the following statement regarding the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the civil unrest it sparked across the nation:

“The civil unrest following the tragic and senseless killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis adds to our nation’s burdens in these unsettling times.  Americans are right to voice their objection to police brutality and lawless violence....

Mississippi’s Thomas is first woman to officiate a Super Bowl

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Mississippi’s Thomas is first woman to officiate a Super Bowl

By Brett Campbell 

A Mississippi native will be the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl game when the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers meet Sunday in Tampa for Super Bowl LV.

Sarah Bailey Thomas...

Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems

Tri-State Livestock News

Senators urge Vilsack to solve old problems

By Jerry Hagstrom

The Senate Agriculture Committee on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve President Biden’s nomination of Tom Vilsack to be Agriculture secretary, but only after several members urged him to address the same...