U.S. Senate passes Veterans bill
A funding bill has been sent to President Trump’s desk that will provide record-setting funding levels for veterans care, including an additional $1.25 billion to...
Tag : U.S. Senator Roger Wicker
Wicker, Hyde-Smith vote for Defense Spending bill
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith have voted to pass a bill that gives the Defense Department its largest funding increase in 15 years...
$1M given to Gulfport small businesses
by Alex Paton
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration has awarded a $1 million grant to the Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District of Gulfport. The...
Featured Wicker, Hyde-Smith announce $852K in grants for Mississippi fire departments
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith announced the award of $851,954 in FEMA grants to fire departments in Columbus, Biloxi, Hattiesburg, Senatobia, Laurel, Bentonia,...
Wicker launches 3rd annual book donation program
Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker launched his third annual book donation program for Mississippi libraries. The donated books come from the Library of...
$7.6M in FEMA grants make Mississippi safer
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, Cindy Hyde-Smith, and Congressman Steven Palazzo announced the approval of $7.3 million to construct eight additional safe rooms in Forrest County. ...
Trump nominates Kavanaugh for U.S. Supreme Court
by Alex Paton
President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to be an Associate...
VA reform bill heads to Trump’s desk
by Alex Paton
A bill is headed to President Trump’s desk that will improve veterans’ health care by removing barriers that keep veterans from receiving care closer to...
Medgar Evers home on its way to becoming national monument
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, and Cindy Hyde-Smith introduced legislation to designate the Medgar Evers Home in Jackson as a national monument within the National Park System....
Wicker, Hyde-Smith honor Mississippi’s fallen officers
by Alex Paton
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith recognized National Police Week by offering tributes to three Mississippi law enforcement officers who lost their lives in...