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December 27, 2017

Secretary of State’s Survey Reveals Educated Workforce, Community Support are Top Needs for Mississippi Businesses

A recent survey by the Secretary of State’s Office of almost 100,000 business owners revealed common hurdles to starting a business, investing, and expanding operations in Mississippi. Chief among them: continued lack of an educated workforce. More than 1,800 business owners responded to the survey, which included nine questions focused on business needs, employee qualifications,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 27, 2017

KINGFISH – Hearing featuring Joel Bomgar talking about opiods – “we have a death problem”

Bomgar on opioids: “We have a death problem, not a prescription problem.” Users would switch to either “street drugs or injection drug use and they are going to start dying.” Mr. Bomgar said that opioid deaths have risen while opioid prescriptions have fallen since 2010. When the number of prescriptions “stayed flat, opioid deaths stayed…