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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
March 18, 2021

Mississippi unemployment rate down 59% from pandemic peak

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mississippi’s unemployment rate sits at 6.4% as of March 15th, down from the pandemic peak of 15.7%.  That is a 59% decrease since April 2020. This is positive news for the state, though it has gone under-reported in newspapers and television broadcasts, as has the fact that…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 18, 2021

Statement of Congressman Palazzo on Southern Border Crisis

Congressman Steven Palazzo, a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee and Homeland Security Subcommittee today issued the following statement in regard to the increasingly dangerous situation on our Southern Border: “What we are seeing at the border feels like deja vu all over again. Bad policies combined with a lack of plans for real…