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...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH RECOMMEND ACTIONS NOW TO RESUME NOAA FISHERIES SURVEYS IN 2021

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH RECOMMEND ACTIONS NOW TO RESUME NOAA FISHERIES SURVEYS IN 2021

2020 Surveys, Critical to Coastal Communities, Suspended Due to COVID-19 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), in an effort to help Mississippi coastal communities whose economies rely on fishing, are calling for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to begin planning now to resume fisheries surveys in 2021.

The Mississippi Senators are...

HYDE-SMITH GETS FLU VACCINE, CALLS ON MISSISSIPPIANS TO DO THE SAME 

HYDE-SMITH GETS FLU VACCINE, CALLS ON MISSISSIPPIANS TO DO THE SAME 

Annual Flu Outbreak Will Add Pressure for Healthcare Providers Amid Ongoing Pandemic 

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PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Receives Annual Flu Shot.

MADISON, Miss. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today received a flu shot and encouraged fellow Mississippians to be vaccinated amid concerns that the annual influenza outbreak will place added burdens on healthcare workers and hospitals already treating COVID-19 patients.

Hyde...

HYDE-SMITH MEETS JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT, CONFIDENT OF CONFIRMATION 

HYDE-SMITH MEETS JUDGE AMY CONEY BARRETT, CONFIDENT OF CONFIRMATION 

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VIDEO & B-ROLL:  Senator Hyde-Smith Meets Supreme Court Nominee Judge Barrett.
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTO:  Senator Hyde-Smith Meets Supreme Court Nominee Judge Barrett.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Wednesday met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett as part of the Senate confirmation process following her selection by President Donald Trump to serve as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

Hyde...

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO PROTECT HEALTH COVERAGE FOR THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS 

HYDE-SMITH VOTES TO PROTECT HEALTH COVERAGE FOR THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS 

Miss. Senator Critical of Partisan Trivialization of an Issue with Broad Bipartisan Support

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reiterated her support for protecting health coverage for Americans with pre-existing conditions and criticized Senate Democrats for trivializing bipartisan desires to ensure health insurance access for those individuals.

Hyde-Smith on Wednesday night...

Daines submits resolution for Religious Freedom Day

Sidney (Mont.) Herald-Leader

Daines submits resolution for Religious Freedom Day

Jan 16, 2022

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines introduced a Senate resolution designating today, Jan 16 as Religious Freedom Day. This resolution commemorates the 236th Anniversary of the Virginia Statute for...

Mississippi senators cosponsor two bills honoring Emmett Till

SuperTalk Mississippi News

Mississippi senators cosponsor two bills honoring Emmett Till

By J.T. Mitchell

This week, the United States Senate took action on two bills that will honor the late Emmett Till, who was killed in 1955 by White supremacists in Money, Mississippi.

The first bill, S.450...

Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps

Delta Business Journal

Yazoo Backwater: EPA Decision Halts Construction of Pumps

By Becky Gillette

There was light at the end of the tunnel. Now it is dark again. That is how the recent decision by the EPA to veto the Yazoo Backwater Pumps flood control project for the second time was described...