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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 6, 2018

Democrats still face long odds in Mississippi in U.S. Senate special election

By: Sid Salter Mississippi Democrats showed signs of political life in recent months after years of fielding candidates in congressional elections who could fairly be described as either noble ideologues or political sacrificial lambs. The recent victory of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Doug Moore across the state line in Alabama fueled some Mississippi Democrats to…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 1, 2018

YP Daily Roundup 6/1/2018

US gains 223K jobs; unemployment at 18-year low of 3.8 pct.- WLBT WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent from 3.9 percent in April. Average hourly pay rose 2.7 percent from a year…