MISS. SENATORS SUPPORT EFFORT TO LOWER INDIAN TARIFFS ON U.S. PECANS
MISS. SENATORS SUPPORT EFFORT TO LOWER INDIAN TARIFFS ON U.S. PECANS
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) are among 12 Senators from pecan-producing states who are encouraging U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to prioritize a reduction in pecan tariffs as the Trump administration continues trade negotiations with India.
The Senators have signed a letter to Lighthizer stressing the importance of removing existing barriers to the...
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, THOMPSON & GUEST ANNOUNCE $3.75 MILLION FOR 12 MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WICKER, HYDE-SMITH, THOMPSON & GUEST ANNOUNCE $3.75 MILLION FOR 12 MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Federal Funding Will Support Advanced STEM Courses in Rural, High-Poverty Communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Congressmen Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), and Michael Guest (R-Miss.) today announced a $3.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access.
T...
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS STOP ONLINE BOOKING SCAMS ACT ONLINE BOOKING SCAMS ACT
HYDE-SMITH COSPONSORS STOP ONLINE BOOKING SCAMS ACT
Bill Targets Third-Party Online Hotel Reservation Scams
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for bipartisan legislation to prosecute fraudulent online hotel reservation sites that target unsuspecting consumers through bogus websites and online ads.
The Stop Online Booking Scams Act of 2019 (S.2229) would use the Federal Trade Commission Act to prosecute scams perpetrated through third-party...
Senate Judiciary Committee could advance Cory Wilson’s 5th Circuit confirmation Thursday
Y’all Politics
Senate Judiciary Committee could advance Cory Wilson’s 5th Circuit confirmation Thursday
By Frank Corder - June 9, 2020
The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary is scheduled to meet this Thursday to consider the nomination of Mississippi’s Cory Wilson for a lifetime judicial...
USDA food box program delivers 5m boxes
Feedstuffs
USDA food box program delivers 5m boxes
First round of $1 billion in Farmers to Families Food Box Program funding ends June 30, with some contracts extended starting June 15.
Bu Jacqui Fatka
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more...
Airport receives $30,000 grant from government CARES money
Pontotoc Progress
Airport receives $30,000 grant from government CARES money
By Regina Butler
The Pontotoc County Airport received an unexpected boon from the government recently because of the Covid-19 virus.
“There were airports that needed extra cash flow,” explained Pontotoc County Chancery...