VIDEO: Hyde-Smith votes to advance budget-neutral, Bipartisan farm bill
Senate Ag Committee Bill Includes Hyde-Smith Amendments and Programs Important to Mississippi U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today voted to advance a new five-year farm bill authorizing a broad array of policies and programs important to Mississippi...
Automotive Supplier Expands, Creates Jobs in Iuka, Miss.
Germany-based automotive supplier hago Automotive is doubling its footprint in Iuka, Miss., to accommodate a new contract with BMW. The project represents a $4 million corporate investment in new equipment and will create 60 jobs over the next four years. “This...
Candidates whistling through political graveyard on Social Security, Medicare challenges
By: Sid Salter Both here in Mississippi and nationally, congressional candidates are making no mention of the serious challenges faced by the present iterations of the Social Security and Medicare programs. Baby Boomers poised to collect the entitlements are...
Wicker & Hyde-Smith: Additional $55.9 Million to support water infrastructure, flood control & other Miss. projects
Senators Praise U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY2018 Work Plan Attention to Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today commended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for its plan to invest an additional $55.9 million in...
Chairman Wicker acts to protect religious freedom in Europe and Central Asia
Helsinki Commission Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (MS) today introduced a bipartisan resolution (S.Res.539) urging President Trump to take action against some of the worst violators of religious freedom in Europe and Central Asia. Key targets of the legislation include...