Education

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCE BILL TO DESIGNATE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS HOME AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT

Miss. Senators Move to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) reintroduced their legislation to designate the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home in Jackson as a national monument within the National Park System.
 

“The Medgar and Myrlie Evers home is of great historic significance to the...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $37.6 MILLION FOR MISS. HEAD START PROGRAMS

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $37.6 million in federal grant funding for Head Start programs in Mississippi, including $30.3 million in new funding for Early Head Start programs in Benton, Marshall, DeSoto, Noxubee, Grenada, Lowndes, and Tunica counties.

“The expansion of Early Head Start in these seven counties will provide support for young...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND MISS. STUDENTS CHOSEN FOR 2019 U.S. SENATE YOUTH PROGRAM

Jackson & Brandon Students Will Represent State in Washington, D.C., Receive $10,000 Scholarships

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended Ruben Manasseh Banks of Jackson and Warren Kennedy Guest of Brandon on their selection to represent the Magnolia State at the 57th annual United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).

Banks and Guest are scheduled...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.7 MILLION FOR YOUTHBUILD PROGRAMS IN DELTA

Education-Apprenticeship Grants Going to Programs in Greenville, Clarksdale & Yazoo City

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of almost $2.7 million to support three YouthBuild education and training programs in the Mississippi Delta.
 
Hyde-Smith, who has advocated for YouthBuild funding as part of her work on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said three U.S. Department of...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH & PALAZZO ANNOUNCE FEMA FUNDS FOR TWO ADDITIONAL SAFE ROOMS IN FORREST COUNTY

$1.0 Million Grant Awarded to Complete Last of 10 Safe Rooms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Congressman Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today announced the award of $1.06 million in federal funding to build two more safe rooms in Forrest County.
 
The new safe rooms would complete the goal of constructing 10 safe rooms at schools around Forrest...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE MEDGAR AND MYRLIE EVERS HOME AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT

Miss. Senators Championed Efforts to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended Senate passage of S.47, the Natural Resources Management Act, which includes a proposal authored by the Senators to designate the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home in Jackson as...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND PASSAGE OF HBCU PARTNERSHIP ACT

Miss. Senators Cosponsored Bill to Strengthen Federal Agency Support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Senate late Tuesday approved legislation cosponsored by U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) to strengthen partnerships between federal agencies and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), including institutions in Mississippi.

The HBCU PARTNERS...

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $7.2 MILLION ARMY CONTRACT TO MISSISSIPPI STATE

University Contracted by DoD to Test Emerging Unmanned Aircraft Systems

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced the award of a $7.2 million defense contract for the Mississippi State University to test emerging unmanned aircraft systems technologies.
 
“Mississippi State University leads in researching and development of UAS technologies...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PRAISE APPROVAL OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH RESOLUTION

Measure Celebrates African American Achievements, Cites Notable Mississippians

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today praised approval of a Black History Month resolution honoring the achievements of African Americans, including notable leaders from Mississippi.
 
The Senate resolution, approved by unanimous consent Thursday night, cites the history of African Americans...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH COMMEND PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR SIGNING LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE MEDGAR & MYRLIE EVERS HOME AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT

Miss. Senators Championed Efforts to Make Jackson Civil Rights Landmark Part of the National Park System

The Medgar and Myrlie Evers home in Jackson, Miss. (Photo by U.S. Civil Rights Trail)

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended President Trump for signing the Natural Resources Management Act (S.47)...