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August 18, 2017

Latest reports show Mississippi payrolls improve, unemployment rises

Mississippi payrolls improve, but unemployment rate worsens JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi payrolls are climbing out of their post-recession hole, but a separate survey shows unemployment going the wrong way. July’s jobless rate rose to 5.2 percent, as a decline in Mississippians with jobs outstripped a shrinking labor force. June’s unemployment rate was 5 percent.…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 18, 2017

Picayune Item editorial: If #msflag is to be changed… “it should be done by a vote from the people”

Picayune Item editorial: If we must consider changing the flag, put it to a vote “Hatred resides in a person’s heart, and I doubt the presence of an altered flag makes someone more hateful than they would have been,” Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves told the AP this week. “Mississippians voted to keep the state flag…