MBJ Editorial: Education remains atop state’s business wish list
by MBJ Staff Published: June 5,2011
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Nearly eight out of 10 Mississippi business leaders (79 percent) believe our state can experience the same type of economic success as other high-growth Southern states. That is according to a report on the results gathered during in the Mississippi Economic Council’s Blueprint Mississippi Road Show. More than 2,000 took part in the electronic voting [...] [...]
