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.
Roll Call
House bid to remove Confederate statues at Capitol sets up fight with Senate
Draft spending bill for Legislative Branch would mandate removal of items tied to those ‘with unambiguous records of racial intolerance’
By Chris Marquette
As demands for racial justice dominate the national...
Y’all Politics
Trump Administration Invests More Than $16 Million in High-Speed Broadband in Rural Mississippi
CARES Act ReConnect Funding to Connect 878 Rural Households to HighSpeed Broadband
By Frank Corder
The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of...
News Mississippi
Senator Hyde-Smith announces $3.45 million to expand apprenticeship program
By Bailey Martin
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced a $3.45 million federal grant to expand the Mississippi Apprenticeship Program (MAP), an initiative that since 2016 has helped...
New York Times
Campaign Urges NASA to Rename the John C. Stennis Space Center
By Allyson Waller
For 32 years, a NASA rocket testing center in southern Mississippi has carried the name of John C. Stennis, a former United States senator who was a champion of racial segregation for most of his time...
News Mississippi
Congressmen reject campaign seeking to rename Stennis Space Center
By J.T. Mitchell
One member of the space community has started a campaign to rename the John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County.
Will Pomerantz, vice president of special products for Virgin Orbit...
Mississippi Business Journal
Google selects Southaven site for Mississippi Operations Center
Posted by MBJ Newswires
Google has announced that it will be opening its first U.S. Google Operations Center in Southaven. The Operations Center will provide customer and operations support to Google’s...
The Hill
State legislatures consider US Capitol's Confederate statues
Bu Gabbu Birenbaum
A national struggle to come to terms with America's painful legacy of racial discrimination is hitting state legislatures across the country as elected officials consider reshaping Statuary Hall in the U.S...
Y’all Politics
Remove statues of George Washington? Hyde-Smith says No. Espy has no comment.
By Frank Corder
Protesters and rioters around the nation have turned their attention to America’s Founding Fathers, targeting the nation’s first President, George Washington.
Their reasoning? He owned...
WDAM-TV Hattiesburg
Sen. Hyde-Smith gives 2020 Independence Day message
By Renaldo Hopkins
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WDAM) - U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith released a message Friday to recognize Independence Day, mentioning the challenges facing the nation and the American will to make things better for the...
Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin
Hyde-Smith Announces $2.32 Million In PILT Payments To Miss. Counties
TUE, 06/30/2020 - 12:39PM
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that 72 counties in Mississippi with tax-exempt, federal property will receive $2.32 million in Payment in Lieu of...
