TUNICA WAITS
As two major developments are on back burner, Tunica County’s unemployment rate sits at 13 percent Mississippi’s unemployment rate has, for the past 12 months, averaged 8.9 percent. Aside from plunging tax revenue that is forcing lawmakers to make some uncomfortable decisions with the state’s budget, the unemployment rate is the starkest indicator that the effects [...]
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