News Mississippi
Wicker, Hyde-Smith voice support for Supreme Court nominee
By Steven Gagliano
This morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett by a final vote of 12-0 — with all 10 Democrats on the committee boycotting the...
Clarksdale Press Register
Greenville Gets $7.7 Million for Flooding, Infrastructure
On Thu, 10/22/2020 - 01:30 PM
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced Thursday the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a
$7.7 million grant to the city of...
Magee News
Hyde-Smith Votes for COVID-19 Small Business Relief
By Sue Honea -October 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted for the first of two measures intended to overcome partisan obstruction and begin delivering additional COVID-19 relief to the...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Hyde-Smith, Wicker join Ted Cruz in proposals against ‘packing’ the Supreme Court
By Josh Carter
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker have joined other Republican leaders in releasing two proposals to “protect the number of justices on the U.S...
Fox News
Group of GOP Senators lay out proposals to prevent Democrats from court packing
'[I]f Democrats win the election, they will end the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court,' Sen. Cruz said.
By Sam Dorman
A group of Republican senators advanced two proposals Monday, including a...
News Mississippi
Wicker and Hyde-Smith encourage students to apply for Senate youth program
By Bailey Martin
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today encouraged Mississippi juniors and seniors involved in student leadership to apply for the 2021 U.S. Senate Youth...
News Mississippi
Army Corps’ action moves Yazoo Pump Project forward
By Steven Gagliano
Today represents an important step in the process towards the completion of the Yazoo Pump Project https://newsms.fm/epa-reviewing-2008-veto-of-yazoo-pump-project/ in the Mississippi Delta.
The U.S. Army...
WJTV-TV Jackson
Mississippi College Law professor explains ‘packing the courts’ and possible impacts
NEWS
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett has wrapped up in the Senate Judiciary Committee. But now the issue of “packing the court” has come into question.
Asid...
WJTV-TV Jackson
$2.1M in grants awarded to reduce DNA, forensic backlogs in Mississippi
NEWS
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – On Thursday, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced the award of more than $2.1 million in grants to the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS) and City of...
All Together
SWE Advocacy Alert: Senate STEM RESTART Act
STEM RESTART Act introduction shows advocacy does work.
October 15, 2020
Public Policy
Last month, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) demonstrated how long view advocacy can make for real change for women in STEM. SWE worked with Senate...
