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Senator Hyde-Smith believes rebuilding infrastructure is key to the future of Mississippi and the nation.  She understands that aging highways, bridges, and basic public works infrastructure represents an impediment to public safety and economic growth.  She includes the need for greater broadband access among these needs.  Senator Hyde-Smith is committed to using her committee assignments to support responsible efforts to improve infrastructure, particularly in rural areas.

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES $4.69 MILLION USDA GRANT TO EXPAND INTERNET SERVICE IN FIVE MISS. COUNTIES 

HYDE-SMITH PRAISES $4.69 MILLION USDA GRANT TO EXPAND INTERNET SERVICE IN FIVE MISS. COUNTIES 

Bay Springs Telephone Co. Will Expand Broadband Fiber Service in Jasper, Jones, Newton, Lauderdale and Smith Counties

BAY SPRINGS, Miss. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today celebrated the award of a $4.69 million U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) ReConnect Program grant for the Bay Springs Telephone Co. to construct 116 miles of broadband fiber in Jasper, Jones, Newton, Lauderdale...

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Commissioner Gipson hosts Grand Opening of new Mississippi Trade Mart

Y’all Politics

Commissioner Gipson hosts Grand Opening of new Mississippi Trade Mart

By Sarah Ulmer

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson officially cut the ribbon at the new Mississippi Trade Mart on the State Fairgrounds today.

At the ribbon cutting, Miss Mississippi Mary...

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Mississippi receives $22.7M to repair storm-damaged federal roads

WJTV-TV Jackson

Mississippi receives $22.7M to repair storm-damaged federal roads

NEWS

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) announced Mississippi was awarded more than $22.7 million in emergency relief funding to offset the costs for repairing and reconstructing federal...

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Federal grants awarded to rail infrastructure projects in four states

Progressive Railroading

Federal grants awarded to rail infrastructure projects in four states

9/23/2020

Senators and congressmen from four states this week announced the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded millions of dollars in fiscal-year 2020 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and...

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Reservoir receives funds for roadway

Madison County Journal

Reservoir receives funds for roadway

By Duncan Dent

Piece by piece, Reservoir officials are securing $132.3 million in funding for the proposed new roadway to get traffic off of the Reservoir dam.

The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District will receive $2.8 million...

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$6.22 Million Grant Announced For Railroad Project

Clarksdale Press Register

$6.22 Million Grant Announced For Railroad Project

By The Press Register

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., have announced the award of a $6,221,020 grant to Grenada Railroad, LLC., to complete the final phase of a project to...

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Yazoo Pump Project update headlines packed press briefing

News Mississippi

Yazoo Pump Project update headlines packed press briefing

By J.T. Mitchell

In today’s press briefing, the conversation revolved around three subjects in particular: (1) the Yazoo Backwater Project, (2) Mississippi’s response, thus far, to COVID-19, and (3) the upcoming Mississippi State Fair.

As announced in the press conference, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) has been assessing the damage induced by historic flooding in the Mississippi Delta and has...

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Hattiesburg receives $13M federal grant for downtown overpass project

WDAM-TV Hattiesburg

Hattiesburg receives $13M federal grant for downtown overpass project

By Chris Thies

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The City of Hattiesburg is getting $13.2 million of additional funding for a railroad overpass project downtown.

“Today, two years of grant applications, planning...

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Hattiesburg Receives $13.2 Million Grant For Hall Avenue Overpass

Pine Belt News, Hattiesburg

Hattiesburg Receives $13.2 Million Grant For Hall Avenue Overpass

By Haskel Burns

Hattiesburg is well on the way to solving its longtime issue with traffic in downtown, with the help of a $13.2 million grant from a Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development...

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