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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 13, 2019

Global engineering company Weir Group increases investment in Newton, expanding production and adding 150 additional highly skilled jobs

Scotland-based mining equipment manufacturer The Weir Group is investing an additional $15 million in its Newton manufacturing facility as part of a total $50-million plan supporting an additional 150 jobs at the plant. When the investment plan is complete, employment will increase to more than 400 workers, a 60 percent increase from 2016. “Mississippi is…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
March 13, 2019

A dispute between one lawmaker and DPS raises questions on ‘what is public record?’

DPS spends $18,000 and counting to fight $200 ethics fine over records flap with lawmaker The disagreement began when Representative Joel Bomgar sent an email to Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Director John Dowdy with questions and observations on drug dealers “fighting over turf,” the economics of the drug trade, and whether prison hurts or helps…