Unemployment numbers rise, but stats still show improvement
While unemployment numbers this year dropped to a historic low of 4.9 percent in Mississippi, numbers for July according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor...
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Mississippi receives 2017 Gold Shovel Award
by Sarah Ulmer
The Area Development magazine has awarded Mississippi with the 2017 Gold Shovel Award. ...
Multicraft International Opens Multicraft Ventures in Pelahatchie
Officials from Multicraft International, state and local leaders celebrated the grand opening of the company’s new division, Multicraft Ventures, LLC, in Pelahatchie. The project is...
Mississippi Manufacturers Association announces partnership with federal group
The Mississippi Manufacturers Association has announced the expansion of the fellowship with the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Governor Phil Bryant spoke to the importance of a partnership...
Mississippi moves up on best place for business list
The Magnolia State has jumped up 10 places in Chief Executive Magazine’s list of Best and Worst States for Business. The 13th annual survey doesn’t...
AHCA concerns cause small business expectations to drop
The NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism posted another historically high reading in April, but expectations for future business conditions plunged by eight points. NFIB...
Hospital Association head discusses Baptist health care merger
Baptist Memorial Health Care, headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee and Mississippi Baptist Health Systems of Jackson, Mississippi announced Monday the completion of a merger between the...
Mississippi businesses: watch out for phone scam
Businesses in Mississippi are being warned of a new telephone scam, which is currently targeting offices throughout the US. CPR Call Blocker, makers of a call blocking device...
Delta Poverty: Broadband key to development
Poverty in Mississippi is nothing new– especially across the Delta. If you spend enough time there, you realize different aspects that perpetuate the income issues...
Casino and non-gaming investors eye Mississippi
Casino revenues, like many streams of money in the state, have seen seasons of ebb and flow according to Mississippi Gaming Association head Larry Gregory....