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News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 8, 2019

SALTER: As state’s second largest single employer, shipyard’s future still vital to state’s economy

By: Sid Salter Only Walmart/Sam’s employs more people in Mississippi than does Ingalls Shipyards at about 12,500 employees. But Ingalls and other shipbuilders pay significantly better than Walmart. Since December of 2018, Ingalls has been awarded the following major shipbuilding contracts from the U.S. Navy: $931 million for construction of two new U.S. Coast Guard…
News  |  Courtney Ingle  • 
May 8, 2019

PSC Race: De’Keither Stamps aims to expand utilities across Mississippi, bring leadership experience to Central District seat

City of Jackson Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps wants to bring his military experience to the PSC Central District Seat, to find efficient and cost-effective ways to expand utilities across the state of Mississippi. The Learned native said his military training–which involved setting up base camps in the Middle East to have full utilities in…

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