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Senator Hyde-Smith believes the Unites States is strong when agriculture and rural America are strong.  The Senator understands the unique challenges faced by rural Mississippi to provide residents with basic services, infrastructure, education, and health care.  She supports policies that will allow rural communities to expand economically.  The federal government should not be a roadblock to the growth and wellbeing of rural America.


$13.4M in federal grants awarded to 8 Mississippi airports

Associated Press

$13.4M in federal grants awarded to 8 Mississippi airports

The Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More federal grants have been announced for Mississippi airports.

U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith say the Federal Aviation Administration is awarding $13.4 million...

Brookhaven airport plan is ‘coming together’

Brookhaven Daily Leader

Brookhaven airport plan is ‘coming together’

By Donna Campbell

The city is taking bids through July for a taxiway extension project at the Brookhaven-Lincoln County Airport, which will be funded from a $190,000 Federal Aviation Grant.

The taxiway is part of a 20-year, $12...

Federal flood solutions face slow progress

Vicksburg Post

Federal flood solutions face slow progress

By Tim Reeves

By air it looks bad. In person, on the ground, or in a boat, it’s far worse.

For U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, the devastation of the ongoing flood in the Yazoo Backwater Area, in the Delta and along the Mississippi River has...