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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 21, 2022

Mississippi Senate takes steps to codify eminent domain prohibitions

“This legislation will confirm again our citizens’ clear voice in the Constitution that property rights are sacred in Mississippi,” Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann said. Last week, the Mississippi Senate introduced a resolution that would prohibit the state or local governments from taking private property through eminent domain.  The rules were suspended to introduce SCR 583…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
March 21, 2022

Mississippi sets new record for its lowest unemployment rate, Bureau of Labor Statistics reports

The state reaches unemployment rate of 4.6% in January 2022.  Last week, a State Employment and Unemployment report conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that ten states hit record-low unemployment rates in January 2022, including Mississippi. The BLS report showed that Nebraska and Utah had the lowest unemployment rates in the nation in…