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Business  |  Frank Corder  • 
June 4, 2021

New workforce development efforts look to Accelerate Mississippi

Unified coordination of workforce development strategies seen as positive step by state, business leaders. Accelerate Mississippi will serve as the unifying banner and organizational platform designed to propel a unified workforce development strategy and delivery program for Mississippi, improve economic opportunity, and expand workforce training ecosystems to meet current and emerging employment needs. That announcement…
Business  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 4, 2021

Miss. Delegation Requests Administration Restore Second Destroyer to Budget

Second Destroyer Would Help Nation Counter China, Stabilize U.S. Shipbuilding U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., with U.S. Representatives Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., Trent Kelly, R-Miss., and Michael Guest, R-Miss., have sent President Biden a letter opposing his recent budget request for the U.S. Navy, which would reduce the number…