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April 28, 2016

MS Power, Silicon Ranch partnering to build solar farm in Hattiesburg

Ground broken for solar energy facility in Hattiesburg Mississippi Power Co. and Silicon Ranch Corp. are partnering to build the $100 million, 50 megawatt solar farm, which is expected to generate enough electricity to supply power to about 6,500 homes… …The project, which will be located near Timberton, is expected to generate around 400 jobs…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 28, 2016

SALTER: Mississippi not likely to change restrictions on felons voting anytime soon

Sid Salter: Ex-cons in state unlikely to gain voting rights Estimates of Mississippi’s disenfranchised felons are as high as 182,000, and it is believed that 60 percent of that total is comprised of African-Americans. Mississippi is one of 11 states (Alabama, Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, Nevada, Tennessee and Wyoming) that most pervasively restrict…