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Ceiling tile factory reopening after four years; to employ 100+

Associated Press — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:02:14 +0000

MERIDIAN — CertainTeed will reopen its ceiling tile factory in Meridian, hiring 110 employees by 2016. Gov. Phil Bryant and company officials made the announcement today at the company’s plant near Meridian’s Key Field airport. CertainTeed laid off 90 workers at the plant in 2009, citing a depressed construction market. A small number of sales [...]

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Study: Coast county created 4,000 jobs in half-decade

Associated Press — Fri, 31 May 2013 12:54:57 +0000

JACKSON COUNTY — A University of Southern Mississippi economic study shows that nearly 4,000 new jobs have been created in the Jackson County area in the last five years because of local companies’ investments. The figures were released by the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation. The Mississippi Press reports the study estimates the jobs carry [...]

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Agency closing 13 WIN Job Centers due to budget cuts

Associated Press — Thu, 30 May 2013 17:08:35 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Employment Security says that six full-time and seven part-time WIN Job Centers will close June 21. Executive director Mark Henry says in a news release today that the centers in Iuka and Newton will be open part-time. The cuts are part of across-the-board federal budget reductions that went [...]

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State’s jobless rate fell to 9.1 percent in April

Associated Press — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:03:11 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state’s unemployment rate dipped in April, but mainly because fewer people were looking for work. However, a separate survey of employer payrolls continued to rise, suggesting Mississippi’s slow climb out of recession continues. Both sets of figures were released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The jobless rate fell to [...]

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Meat-slicing facility laying off 100 workers

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:35:20 +0000

BOONEVILLE — Plumrose USA has laid off 100 workers at its meat slicing plant in Booneville, Miss. COO Mike Rozzano tells the Daily Corinthian workers were notified last Friday. Rozzano says the plant now has about 320 workers. He says business dictated that Plumrose didn’t need as many people in the plant. Plumrose slices beef, [...]

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Manufacturer unveils $11M expansion; adding jobs

Associated Press — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:03:29 +0000

NATCHEZ — Enerfab is expanding operations at its Natchez location, which is known as Enersteel, to accommodate an increase in tank head production, according to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). The project represents a corporate investment of more than $11 million and will create 20 new jobs, bringing the total number employed at the facility [...]

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Plywood mill coming, bringing 200-plus jobs

Associated Press — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:02:18 +0000

LOUISVILLE — Natron Wood Products will locate a plywood mill in Louisville, creating more than 200 new jobs. Natron Wood Products owner Richard McDougal says the operations will be located in a 265,000-square-foot existing facility and represent a company investment of $10 million. The plant’s plywood overlay panels are used primarily in large vertical and [...]

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Stone wool plant coming to park; to employ 150 workers

MBJ Staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:22:02 +0000

MARSHALL COUNTY — Rockwool International officials and State of Mississippi economic development leadership have broken ground on the company’s first manufacturing facility in the United States. Rockwool is the parent company of Roxul, a manufacturer of stone wool insulation products in North America. The plant, located approximately 30 miles south of Memphis, was announced last [...]

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Supervisors want to borrow money for future development

Associated Press — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:23:07 +0000

STARKVILLE — Oktibbeha County supervisors have passed a resolution to let the public know it will borrow $5 million when needed to support an economic development opportunity. Supervisors took the action this week at the urging of the Golden Triangle Development LINK, a local economic development group. The county would borrow the money by issuing [...]

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Employment agency agrees to pay workers for overtime

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:46:49 +0000

LAFAYETTE, La. — An industrial services employment agency has agreed to pay nearly $2 million in back wages to more than 2,000 employees following a U.S. Labor Department investigation. The Labor Department said Lafayette, La.-based Hutco Inc. employees in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas were denied overtime compensation as a result of the company’s improper payment [...]

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