Hyde-Smith votes to change senate rules to speed up confirmation process

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Hyde-Smith votes to change senate rules to speed up confirmation process
 
By Alex Paton
Posted on April 26, 2018
 
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith voted to advance a resolution to change Senate rules and overcome partisan foot-dragging on judicial and executive branch nominations.
 
Hyde...

EMCC students excel at DECA competition

Kemper County Messenger
 
EMCC students excel at DECA competition
 
From School Reports
 
East Mississippi Community College Marketing students who competed in the 2018 Collegiate DECA International Career Development Conference walked away with numerous awards.
 
EMCC sent 23 students to the...

Take Five: Cindy Hyde-Smith

Roll Call - Heard on the Hill

Take Five: Cindy Hyde-Smith

The first woman to represent Mississippi in the Senate wants to be an example for others

By Alex Gangitano

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, 59, a Mississippi Republican, was sworn in on April 9 to replace Sen. Thad Cochran, who resigned for...

OUR OPINION: Good news aplenty throughout region

Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo
 
OUR OPINION: Good news aplenty throughout region
 
From a generous anonymous donation to help a family in need to critical grant funding being awarded for Mississippi, there was plenty of good news to share last week throughout the region.
 
Before we...

Cochran out, Hyde-Smith in

High Plains Journal
 
Cochran out, Hyde-Smith in
 
By Seymour Klierly  
 
There’s a fresh, new and female face on the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
 
Her name is Cindy Hyde-Smith, and she is Mississippi’s newest senator. Hyde-Smith replaces 80-year-old Mississippi Sen...

Mississippi receives grant to fight opioid crisis

The Associated Press
 
Mississippi receives grant to fight opioid crisis
 
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — One of Mississippi's U.S. senators has announced the state has been awarded a multi-million dollar grant to fight the opioid crisis.
 
WLOX-TV reported Thursday that the state Department of Mental Health...

Mississippi receives $3.58M grant to fight opioid crisis

WLOX-TV Biloxi
 
Mississippi receives $3.58M grant to fight opioid crisis
 
By WLOX Staff
 
WASHINGTON, DC (WLOX) - The State of Mississippi has been awarded a $3.58 million grant to fight the opioid crisis, as announced by U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
 
The Mississippi Department of Mental Health...

Hyde-Smith presides over the Senate

WTOK-TV Meridian
 
Hyde-Smith presides over the Senate
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTOK) - Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith opened the Thursday session of the United States Senate, a role assigned to her as a new senator.
 
The role was assigned by Senate Pro Tempore, Sen. Orrin Hatch.
 
Hyde-Smith called...