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July 23, 2009

54 Miss. counties reporting double-digit unemployment, Jefferson at 20 percent

54 Miss. counties reporting double-digit unemployment, Jefferson at 20 percent In June, 54 of the state’s 82 counties had double-digit jobless rates. The state’s rate hovered close to double digits. It was 9.8 percent in June, about two points higher than the same month last year and higher than the June national rate of 9.7…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 23, 2009

Wicker hoped to continue, not cut, F-22 production

Wicker hoped to continue, not cut, F-22 production A retired Air Force officer and member of the Senate Armed Services Committee says he disagrees with the majority of enators who voted to cut funding for the F-22 Stealth fighter project. The 58-to-40 vote to kill the F-22 came as a victory for the Obama administration.…