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Business  |  Guest Editorial  • 
August 11, 2022

SULLIVAN: Mississippi, A Reliable Energy State

Submitted by Patrick Sullivan “Compared to all other states, Mississippi is among the lowest cost states and is not dealing with energy scarcity risks… something is going right,” the Mississippi Energy Institute President writes. Winston Churchill wrote, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” As Mississippi families and businesses painfully…
Business  |  Frank Corder  • 
August 10, 2022

Inflation remains at 40-year high even with slight decline in July

Down from 9.1% in June, inflation now at 8.5% with the largest 12-month increase in the food index since May 1979. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is reporting that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was down slightly in July from its June high of 9.1%.  Inflation now sits at 8.5% across the U.S.,…