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August 12, 2013

AP Analysis: Bryant may not get jobless rate blame

Analysis: Bryant may not get jobless rate blame Is Mississippi’s high unemployment rate a threat to Gov. Phil Bryant’s popularity? It’s hard to tell, but the governor might think so. Mississippi is saddled with the nation’s third-highest jobless rate, at 9 percent in June. While the nation’s unemployment rate has slowly improved, the jobless rate…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 12, 2013

State vehicles may be more cost effective

State vehicles may be more cost effective Mississippi spends millions of dollars a year on the purchase, upkeep and fuel for its fleet of about 7,500 state government vehicles. But it also spends millions of dollars a year in reimbursement for employees to travel in their personal vehicles. Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves notes a one-year…