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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
June 23, 2021

Mississippi leads nation in personal income increases buoyed by federal COVID relief checks

Mississippi personal income increased by over 89% in 1st Quarter of 2021 due largely to pandemic relief checks. Across the nation, state personal income increased 59.7 percent at an annual rate in the first quarter of 2021 after decreasing 3.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to estimates released Tuesday by the Bureau…
News  |  Frank Corder  • 
June 23, 2021

Wicker, Hyde-Smith join Republican colleagues in blocking Democrats’ elections takeover

White House says fight far from over, couches response to defeat in racial tones. On Tuesday, U.S. Senate Republicans blocked debate on the Democrats’ “For the People Act” (S. 1) that sought to implement federal election standards on states, many argued that would undermine Voter ID and election integrity laws across the nation. <<READ MORE: CORDER:…