You would not want to get into an argument or game about Mississippi trivia with D.K. White. The Jackson writer and collector of trivial facts would surely win. His lifelong hobby of researching and collecting obscure facts was published last October in a slim 96-page volume with a name almost longer than the book. For [...] [...]
Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall still marvels at what he says was the foresight of Mississippi’s leaders a quarter century ago to fund an ambitious highway construction effort through an 18 cents gas tax levy. The effort required an override of Democratic Gov. William Allain’s veto — an outcome decided by a one-vote margin [...] [...]
Before we get too far down the road of proclaiming Journal Inc. as the second coming of newspaper ownership, let’s not discount The Dolan Company for what it has done for the Mississippi Business Journal. Having said that, there is no one more excited about the recent happenings in which Tupelo-based Journal Inc. announced it [...] [...]
JACKSON — Tupelo-based Journal Inc. has announced it has acquired the assets of Mississippi Business Journal, the state’s leading business publication, from Minnesota-based The Dolan Company. Journal Inc. CEO/President/Publisher Clay Foster announced the completion of the deal this week to the leadership and staff of the Mississippi Business Journal. “We are excited to welcome the [...] [...]
JACKSON — Mississippi tax collections are up, but lawmakers say state agencies still might face budget cuts during the 2013 session. Because of a sluggish economy, Mississippi still hasn’t recovered from the Great Recession. Tax collections remain below where they were during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2008. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal [...] [...]
TUPELO — The Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau is on track for a record year for tourism sales tax revenue. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal says figures release this week show that revenue has grown for seven of the eight months so far in this fiscal year. March revenue, which is reported in May, grew [...] [...]
FULTON — Fulton voters will decide Tuesday whether to approve a new tax on hotel lodging within the city. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports that the city has proposed a 3 percent tax on hotel stays in the city to support various programs. [...] [...]
by Lynn Lofton Published: March 5,2012
Tags: Carthage Mississippi, Grenada, JACKSON, Leslie Criss, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi College, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Still and Yet, The Carthaginian, Vicksburg Post
Once Leslie Criss got newspaper ink on her hands, there was no going back to teaching English to junior high and high school students. She began a journalism career 23 years ago and has worked for newspapers throughout the state. During that time, she has written a personal column, Still and Yet, which has touched [...] [...]
Patsy R. Brumfield, a writer for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, has received the University of Mississippi’s highest journalism award. The Silver Em award was presented to Brumfield at an Oct. 13 event in Oxford. Brumfield, a McComb native who studied journalism at Ole Miss, covers courts and politics for the Tupelo paper, where she [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 4,2011
Tags: Baldwyn, Corolla, David Copenhaver, David Rumbarger, Diversity-Vuteq, Mississippi Development Authority, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Toyota Boshoku Mississippi, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi, Tupelo's Community Development Foundation, Whit Hughes
By DENNIS SEID of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo BLUE SPRINGS — At the 2 million-square-foot Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi plant, the first Corollas have already been made. But they’re not for sale just yet. The test cars are works in progress, allowing team members — Toyota’s term for its employees — to put [...] [...]
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