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News  |  Frank Corder  • 
August 10, 2022

Inflation remains at 40-year high even with slight decline in July

Down from 9.1% in June, inflation now at 8.5% with the largest 12-month increase in the food index since May 1979. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is reporting that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) was down slightly in July from its June high of 9.1%.  Inflation now sits at 8.5% across the U.S.,…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
August 10, 2022

SALTER: Technology and global politics make CHIPS and Science Act is a necessary investment

By: Sid Salter Mississippi Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith are in near-lockstep on their votes – skewing conservative on fiscal and social issues and reflecting the views of their conservative Mississippi constituencies. But on the matter of the CHIPS and Science Act, Wicker and Hyde-Smith found themselves on opposite sides of the…