$4.6M in New Funding Awarded to Mid Delta Airport

Delta Daily News

$4.6M in New Funding Awarded to Mid Delta Airport

By Ben Caxton

GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — Greenville’s Mid Delta Airport is getting a $4.6 million funding boost from the federal government to make improvements. The grants, announced Friday by Mississippi Senators Cindy Hyde...

Hyde-Smith: U.S.-South Korea rice agreement to benefit MS producers

News Mississippi

Hyde-Smith: U.S.-South Korea rice agreement to benefit MS producers

By Steven Gagliano

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith welcomed news of an agreement that could allow exports of rice grown in Mississippi to South Korea.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of...

Democrats lash out as GOP blocks gun measure amid shooting

ABC News

Democrats lash out as GOP blocks gun measure amid shooting

By Mariam Khan

News of the Santa Clarita, California, school shooting broke Thursday just as Connecticut's two Democratic senators were making an emotional case for gun control on the Senate floor.

Sens. Richard Blumenthal and...

Navy to name ship after the late Sen. Cochran of Mississippi

Associated Press

Navy to name ship after the late Sen. Cochran of Mississippi

The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Navy will name a ship after the late Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, who was a Navy veteran.

Cochran’s successor, Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, said...

New bill aims to grow South Mississippi’s space industry

WLOX-TV Biloxi

New bill aims to grow South Mississippi’s space industry

By WLOX Staff

HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - Stennis Space Center’s key role in our nation’s exploration of space may be expanding.

Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced the LIFT Act last week. The act’s full...

Doug Davis named as Hyde-Smith Chief of Staff

DeSoto Times-Tribune

Doug Davis named as Hyde-Smith Chief of Staff

By Bob Bakken

A former state senator representing DeSoto County has been named the new chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi). 

The state’s junior senator from the Magnolia State named Doug Davis to the...

Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?

Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel

Daylight Saving Time: Could Congress OK it permanently next year?

By Steven Lemongello

If passed by Congress the U.S. would simply spring forward an hour in March one year and just stay there forever.

Could this have been the last fall that America set its clocks back?

U...