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Culture  |  Frank Corder  • 
December 3, 2021

Palazzo, Thompson vote to pass Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act

Kelly, Guest not among the 80 Republicans voting with Democrats on the bill. Earlier this week, 80 Republicans in the U.S. House joined all Democrats to pass H.R. 550, the Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act. Among those voting in favor of the bill were Mississippi Congressmen Bennie Thompson (D-MS 2) and Steven Palazzo (R-MS 4).  The…
Culture  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
December 3, 2021

Federal jobs report misses mark, adding only 210,000 in November. Unemployment rate declines to 4.2%.

Economists forecasted a gain of more than 500,000 jobs for the month.  On Friday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a jobs report for November. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 210,000 in November, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.2%. The number of unemployed persons fell by 542,000 to 6.9…