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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 20, 2019

SALTER: Speaker McCoy’s record in the state House is one of vision, pragmatism and progress

By: Sid Salter Mississippi House Speaker William J. “Billy” McCoy was a second-generation state lawmaker, a college-educated vocational agriculture teacher, a Farmers Home Administration loan officer and briefly an auditor for the state – and yes, he was a farmer and one of his family’s successful cash crops was red wiggler worms. McCoy’s detractors and…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 19, 2019

Bradley Lum takes on the mission at MPIC

Bradley Lum is the newest CEO for the Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation. Lum said he felt drawn to the organization for the chance to develop more programs and reduce recidivism among incarcerated Mississippians.  Lum plans to shift the focus back to the corporations’ original ‘mission’ since taking the office. The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation is…