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May 17, 2012
Bill Minor – New law could make Mississippi “Reno South”
Bill Minor – New law could make Mississippi “Reno South” We can’t lure cotton mills to Mississippi any more, but now we’re evidently going after marriage mills. Under a newly enacted law, we could become Reno South — wedding chapels, frock-tailed preachers and all. Astonishingly, in one fell swoop, the Republican-controlled Legislature has wiped out…
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May 16, 2012
MS-2 candidate Cobby Williams speaks to MBJ at Delta Council
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May 16, 2012
SALTER – Higher education and agribusiness are interrelated
Higher education and agribusiness are interrelated At his speech here to the movers and shakers in the Mississippi Delta’s business, agricultural, educational and political circles, Gov. Phil Bryant’s remarks were met with more than polite applause. Bryant, the mechanic’s son from Moorhead, understands the Delta region’s challenges as lessons from his boyhood. Bryant told the…
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May 16, 2012
Mississippi a favorite target
Mississippi a favorite target A businessman who often travels, Jim Fraiser said his out-of-state clients used to joke about being surprised to find him wearing shoes. Being barefoot is one of the stereotypes Mississippians face from outsiders who unfairly punish current residents for the state’s past, some say. The solution? Invite the critics to experience…
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May 16, 2012
Clarion Ledger – NC Govs remarks about Miss. raise questions
Remarks about Miss. raise questions North Carolina’s governor took a shot at Mississippi on the heels of what she saw as an embarrassing victory at the polls of a constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman in her state. Gov. Beverly Purdue told a crowd in Greenville, N.C., that people around…
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May 16, 2012
‘Jobs-friendly’ bills signed by Bryant
‘Jobs-friendly’ bills signed by Bryant Four bills that became law Monday, products of what Gov. Phil Bryant called “the most jobs-friendly legislative session in modern Mississippi history,” affect businesses, workers, students and the growth of the health care industry. Taking effect July 1 are laws that will boost the tax credit businesses can claim on…
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May 16, 2012
Health initiatives puts Miss. on ‘good lists’
Health initiatives puts Miss. on ‘good lists’ While Mississippi has been continually ranked on or near the bottom of national lists related to health and economic issues, the state’s resilience and core values also have landed it on good lists, state and community leaders say. For the last six years, Mississippi has been named the…
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May 16, 2012
Barbour: Romney should focus on Obama’s record
Barbour: Romney should focus on Obama’s record Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour thinks presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney should focus on President Obama’s “failed” economic policies. “Best thing for Republicans was for this election to be a referendum on Obama’s record,” the former RNC chairman said on “CBS This Morning” Monday. “Obama’s record on economics…
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May 16, 2012
4 Mississippians added to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
4 Mississippians added to National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial The names of four Mississippi law officers who were killed in the line of duty have been added the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington. Mississippi ‘s two U.S. senators, Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker , say in a news release that more than 360…
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May 16, 2012
Jim Barksdale comments on Brett Christensen appointment
Barksdale comments on Christensen appointment Christensen’s compensation package includes: ?The maximum amount of money that the state can pay for his salary is $183,000 a year, one-and-a-half times the governor’s salary. ?A supplemental performance-based bonus of up to $47,000 based on how well Christensen meets Gov. Bryant’s economic development objectives. ?A $15,000 relocation allowance is…
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May 16, 2012
MBJ interview with new MDA chief Brent Christensen
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May 15, 2012
Christensen named MDA chief
Gov. Phil Bryant has named Brent Christensen as executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority. Christensen began his career in Mississippi at the Area Development Partnership in Hattiesburg. For the past 10 years, he has served as president and CEO of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce in Gainesville, Fla. Read the full story at…
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June 6, 2025
State funding for Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning down from previous year
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June 6, 2025
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to leave mass layoffs at Education Department in place
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Daniel Tyson
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June 6, 2025
Legal fight over control of Jackson airport continues
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June 6, 2025
Hiring in the US slows, though employers still added a solid 139,000 jobs in May
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Frank Corder
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May 19, 2025
Modine expanding data center cooling equipment manufacturing in Grenada County
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Lynne Jeter
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May 19, 2025
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
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Meredith Biesinger
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June 6, 2025
Take a Dip this Summer: Your guide to Mississippi’s best water parks
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C.H. Spurgeon
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June 6, 2025
Have I betrayed Him?
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Ben Smith
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June 5, 2025
Love God, love family, and shoot ducks
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Russ Latino
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June 6, 2025
Make America Boring Again
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Sid Salter
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June 4, 2025
Bo Robinson, appointed to PSC after jarring corruption scandals, dies at age 90
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Kimberly Ross
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June 3, 2025
The American epidemic of loneliness
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