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October 19, 2010

Economy rules 1st District campaign

TUPELO – Congressional candidates Travis Childers and Alan Nunnelee both rank jobs as the No. 1 issue facing north Mississippi. The region has faced a double-digit unemployment rate for more than a year with a current average of 10.2 percent, according to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Up until August, the jobless rate for…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 19, 2010

Jobs potentially moving from Illinois to Miss. after Union vote

Jobs potentially moving from Illinois to Miss. after Union vote A majority of union members insisted Monday that giving concessions to Olin Corp. probably would not have saved their jobs from moving to Mississippi. “It might have passed if (the contract) had been fully understood by the union members,” said longtime Olin employee Abe Lee…