HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.16 MILLION IN PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES TO MISS. COUNTIES

HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCES $2.16 MILLION IN PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES TO MISS. COUNTIES
Dept. of the Interior Program Helps Counties with Federal Lands, Installations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that Mississippi will receive $2.16 million in Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) payments for 2019.

The FY2019 PILT payments going to 72 Mississippi counties range in value from $245,653 for Lafayette County to $111 for Noxubee County.  The payments are issued by...

HYDE-SMITH AIRS SUPPORT FOR REAUTHORIZING BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION PROGRAM

HYDE-SMITH AIRS SUPPORT FOR REAUTHORIZING BATTLEFIELD PRESERVATION PROGRAM
Subcommittee Reviews Bid to Extend a Program Used to Preserve Battlefield Sites in Mississippi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today registered her support for continuation of a battlefield preservation program that has benefited efforts to save historic sites in Mississippi.

The Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, on which Hyde-Smith serves, conducted a hearing to...

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $1.2 MILLION AWARD TO ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH ANNOUNCE $1.2 MILLION AWARD TO ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY

National Science Foundation Grant to Support STEM Teacher Education in High-Need Schools

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced the award of a $1,199,998 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to Alcorn State University to support the Be Brave Teach STEM project.

Over a five-year period, the program will serve high-need schools in Mississippi by preparing...

FCC Grant Gives Boost To Center For Telehealth’s COVID-19 Care

Choctaw Plaindealer

FCC Grant Gives Boost To Center For Telehealth’s COVID-19 Care

By Submitted

JACKSON, Miss. – The Center for Telehealth at the University of Mississippi Medical Center is using a $1 million federal grant to speed expansion of services to meet the changing needs of patients...

Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act

Indianola Enterprise-Tocsin

Hyde-Smith Cosponsors Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act

TUE, 06/09/2020

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced her support for legislation to help financially vulnerable rural hospitals keep their doors open by expanding eligibility to higher Medicare...