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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 22, 2020

SALTER: State prison system woes are primarily self-inflicted mistakes over the last 25 years

By: Sid Salter It’s easy to blame the Mississippi Legislature for the state’s current prison system woes, but the truth is that such finger-pointing is inaccurate. The state’s current prison mess has been at least 25 years in the making. Back in 1995, the current legislature’s predecessors thought they were “getting tough on crime” by…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 16, 2020

MDAC Conducting Agriculture Workforce Development Needs Assessment

Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) is seeking input from the agriculture industry and agriculture-related job employers concerning workforce needs. Through its Agriculture Workforce Development Initiative, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce is conducting a needs assessment survey designed to help better understand, develop…