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Courtney Ingle
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August 30, 2018
Alabama and Mississippi top list of best states for manufacturing
“Global Trade” Magazine has ranked Mississippi and Alabama highly on its list of Best States for Manufacturing. Alabama topped the list for workforce development, agency-developer partnerships, and site selection according to Yellowhammer. In the Magnolia State, the Mississippi Development Authority was touted for its success attracting industry. “The state’s Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) promotes collaboration…
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Courtney Ingle
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August 20, 2018
Michael Guest endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses
(Brandon, Miss.)—The National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) has endorsed 3rd Congressional District Republican nominee Michael Guest in his campaign. In a letter to Michael Guest, NFIB stated, “As the voice of small business, NFIB knows that good small business policy starts with electing good small business candidates. Therefore, your election is critical to the…
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Sarah Ulmer
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May 7, 2018
National and state black unemployment at historic lows, but gets no coverage
The current media narrative in Mississippi is completely preoccupied with how poor our economy is doing. The only measure of economic success appears to be the amount of tax revenue that state and local governments collect. However, there’s good news for those that wish to look. As of April 2018 the national black unemployment rate…
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 5, 2018
Mississippi businesses have until April 15 to file annual reports
Businesses in Mississippi have until April 15 to file their Annual Reports. To date, about 70,000 businesses have filed. Under Mississippi law, all limited liability companies (LLCs) and corporations are required to file an Annual Report online with the Secretary of State’s Office between January 1 and April 15. Annual Reports include information about businesses’…
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Editor
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January 29, 2018
BIGGER PIE – How Do We Remove Corruption from Regulators?
A BPF View: How Do We Remove Corruption from Regulators? Two bills introduced this year would undo the consumer protection changes that were made more than a quarter-century ago after two Public Service Commissioners were convicted of extorting money from companies they regulated. Read more regarding this in today’s Clarion Ledger. Those changes included the creation of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 23, 2017
BIGGERPIE – #Kemper – The simple answer is the best answer
KEMPER – THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THE BEST ANSWER On June 21, 2017, the PSC asserted control of the Kemper IGCC plant. The first day of summer turned out to be the longest and most fateful day of the last eight years for Mississippi Power. In a special PSC meeting, the commissioners conveyed a dramatic…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 7, 2017
BIGGERPIE – The Morganza Spillway and the Maginot Line
The Morganza Spillway and the Maginot Line The French built the Maginot Line of forts and fortifications after World War I. It was supposed to keep the Germans out of France. It didn’t. The Germans quickly went around it and took France again in WW II. A Maginot Line is now a metaphor for a…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 15, 2017
Bigger Pie Forum: PERS clearly in trouble; state has spending problem, not revenue problem
A Bigger Pie View – Mississippi’s Credit Rating Credit ratings firm Standard & Poor’s gave Mississippi policymakers a warning last Tuesday that the state’s credit rating, which determines how much taxpayers will have to pay in order to borrow money, is in danger of a downgrade. S&P said that the declining position of Mississippi’s defined-benefit pension system,…
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Magnolia Tribune
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May 4, 2017
Kelley Williams, Chairman Bigger Pie Forum Op-Ed: Dereliction of Duty
Kelley Williams, Chairman Bigger Pie Forum: DERELICTION OF DUTY H. R. McMaster’s 1997 book, Dereliction of Duty, exposed our feckless losing strategy in the Viet Nam War disaster. We didn’t fight to win. McMaster says President Johnson and Secretary of Defense McNamara micromanaged the war to elect and keep Johnson in power. Their strategy of…
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Magnolia Tribune
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August 18, 2016
@BiggerPieForum – An 80 Yard Field Goal #Kemper
An 80 Yard Field Goal. The whistle blower the company is trying to discredit and destroy has documented many more deceptions. His name is Brett Wingo. He was project manager for Engineering and Procurement for the gasifier. In that role he managed the successful response to a serious refractory problem in 2012. It threatened the…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 21, 2016
@BiggerPieForum – Trump, #Kemper, and Mississippi Floods
Trump, Kemper, and Mississippi Floods Mississippi Power self destructs. But Kemper has changed the Overton Window for Mississippi Power – and probably other companies too by association. The soon to be $7 billion plant is an experiment too far. It was a tough sale from the start. It took some really clever spin and sleight…
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Magnolia Tribune
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June 7, 2016
Bigger Pie Forum chair Williams: What if Mississippi politicians got back in flood trading game?
Mississippi Flooding In 1946 the Southern Authors Literary Guild chose "Speeding Floods to the Sea" as the most outstanding book of the fall. Pretty racy stuff. A book about cut offs – on the Mississippi River. The author W.E. Elam lived in Greenville which was known for its writers. He was not a writer though.…
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Jeremy Pittari
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December 20, 2024
Mississippi Dept. of Education pushes additional changes to K-12 funding formula
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Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press
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December 20, 2024
Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures eased last month
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Frank Corder
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December 20, 2024
State Rep. Charles Young, Jr. has died
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Frank Corder
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December 16, 2024
Stark Aerospace adding nearly 100 jobs in Columbus to support new U.S. Navy contract
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Lynne Jeter
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December 11, 2024
Mississippi Artificial Intelligence Network awarded $7.1 Million in RESTORE funding
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Frank Corder
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December 10, 2024
DeLisle announced as site for new PCC GulfChem plant
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C.H. Spurgeon
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December 20, 2024
Folly of doubt
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Ben Smith
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December 19, 2024
The duck massacre
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Susan Marquez
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December 19, 2024
Local spirits make great gifts
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Steven Gassenberger
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December 18, 2024
The PERS $25 billion problem
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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December 18, 2024
GOP’s Clarke Reed fundamentally changed partisan politics in Mississippi and the South
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Jameson Taylor
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December 16, 2024
Federalism at the crossroads: What’s next for the states after Chevron?
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