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Why Mississippi’s 3.6% unemployment rate isn’t the full picture of what businesses are facing
PASCAGOULA — When Ingalls Shipbuilding announced plans this summer to hire more than 2,000 workers, they put perks up front: day-one benefits, 12 paid...
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Feds fine Mississippi Wingstop stores run by family of rapper Rick Ross
Rapper Rick Ross’ family, which operates several Wingstop franchises, owns the five Mississippi locations the labor department found to be illegally deducting money from workers’...
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Lawmakers work to revive MAEP rewrite, PERS changes as session nears end
Lawmakers are working to revive a proposal to rewrite the long-standing Mississippi Adequate Education Program that provides the state’s...
Senate conferees miss Medicaid expansion meeting called by House officials
Medicaid expansion talks stalled at the state capitol on Thursday with Senate conferees not showing up to a meeting scheduled by conferees with the House of Representatives. Following Tuesday’s initial conference that resulted in no compromise being reached by the two chambers, Hattiesburg Rep. Missy McGee expressed eagerness to continue...
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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson opens up on recent issues facing the nation
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, visited the Magnolia State on Thursday to give a speech at Jackson Preparatory School at an event hosted by the National Apostolic Christian Leadership Conference. Ahead of his scheduled venture at the private school in Flowood, Johnson joined MidDays with Gerard Gibert...
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Lawmakers work to revive MAEP rewrite, PERS changes as session nears end
Lawmakers are working to revive a proposal to rewrite...
Senate conferees miss Medicaid expansion meeting called by House officials
Medicaid expansion talks stalled at the state capitol on Thursday with Senate conferees not showing up to a meeting scheduled by conferees with the House of Representatives. Following Tuesday’s initial conference that resulted in no compromise being reached by the two chambers, Hattiesburg Rep. Missy McGee expressed eagerness to continue...
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