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Magazine awards Silver Shovel to MDA for job creation

MBJ Staff — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:50:52 +0000

JACKSON — Area Development magazine, an economic development publication covering site selection and facility planning, has awarded Mississippi a 2012 Silver Shovel Award. Now in their seventh year, Area Development’s annual Shovel Awards recognize state economic development agencies that drive significant job creation through innovative policies, infrastructure improvements, processes and promotions that attract new businesses [...]

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General Atomics breaks ground for plant expansion

MBJ Staff — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:42:28 +0000

SHANNON — General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA EMS) broke ground today on an expansion to its existing 127,000-square-foot facility in Shannon. The expansion project represents a $12 million corporate investment and will create 25 additional direct jobs over the next three years, according to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). From its Shannon location in [...]

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City again delays move of employees into Metrocenter

Associated Press — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:14:06 +0000

JACKSON — The city of Jackson is changing the date again for moving around 300 employees to the Metrocenter. The Clarion-Ledger reports the big move now will go down before the end of July. The relocation of a handful of city departments has now had at least six projected move-in dates. October 1 was pushed [...]

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Florida man pleads guilty to temporary work visa fraud

Associated Press — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:08:04 +0000

GULFPORT — A 41-year-old Florida businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit visa fraud by obtaining fraudulent temporary work visas for workers from the Philippines for Mississippi jobs. The Sun Herald reports Michael V. Lombardi, of West Palm Beach, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine at sentencing Aug. 6. [...]

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House votes down bill allowing employees to receive tax breaks

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:45:15 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi House has rejected a bill to let businesses pass some tax breaks to individual employees. House Bill 1264 needed 71 votes, but only got 67. House Ways and Means chairman Jeff Smith says he plans to bring back the bill to try to pass it. Democrats objected to the expense, and [...]

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Mexican restaurants accused of hiring illegal immigrant workers

Associated Press — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:02:29 +0000

PEARL RIVER COUNTY — A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court alleges the owner and managers of three Mexican restaurants in Pearl River County conspired to hire illegal immigrant workers and harbor them to avoid detection. The Sun Herald reports the complaint and the investigating agency have identified them as owner Jose Gutierrez and employees [...]

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Howard reaches tentative settlement in discrimination lawsuit

Associated Press — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:50:27 +0000

LAUREL — Court records say a Mississippi company that was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants has reached a tentative settlement in a discrimination lawsuit by four black women who claimed the company gave preferential treatment to Latinos. The lawsuit claimed one of the plaintiffs applied for a job at [...]

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GE to open plants, hire 5,000 veterans

Associated Press — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:01:59 +0000

ELLISVILLE — General Electric Co. plans to hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business. The announcements today were part of a four-day event that the global conglomerate is hosting with partners in Washington, D.C., that focuses on issues such as manufacturing and job creation in [...]

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Report: Small businesses account for nearly half of state’s jobs

MBJ Staff — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:02:19 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Office of Advocacy has released the annual Small Business Profiles for the States and Territories. This is the 16th year Advocacy has published a state-by-state profile of American small business for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories. The Mississippi profile uses the most recent data available to [...]

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Keesler AFB slashing another 38 civilian jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:23:56 +0000

BILOXI — Keesler Air Force Base is scheduled to lose another 38 civilian jobs in 2012 as the Air Force continues it move toward eliminating about 9,000 such workers. The announcement comes two months after Keesler said it would eliminate 68 positions from the civilian work force in the 81st Training Wing and 403rd Wing. [...]

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