by MBJ Staff Published: January 10,2013
Tags: benefits, health, health care, health care reform, health insurance, insurance, insurance exchange, poll, public health, report, study, survey
JACKSON — The Mississippi Health Advocacy Program (MHAP) says a survey has found that 51 percent of Mississippi consumers have positive views of a health insurance exchange and over 62 percent believe that the resulting expansion of private insurance would lead to economic growth. “Mississippi truly has unique challenges when it comes to health care. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 9,2013
Tags: dead, death, fatality, fire, fire marshall, firefighter, firefighting, home, house, report, state agency
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Based on preliminary reports the total number of 2012 fire deaths in Mississippi was 62, down from 80 fire deaths in 2011, according to a release from the State Fire Marshall’s Office. Commissioner of Insurance/State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney said that is the lowest number of fire deaths recorded in a single [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 20,2012
Tags: agency, disaster, emergency, foundation, government, health, health care, medical, medicine, preparedness, public health, rank, ranking, report, state, study
JACKSON — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has received an eight out of 10 possible points for emergency preparedness in a Robert Wood Johnson’s Trust for America’s Health recently released report. Mississippi is one of only five states to receive eight points. Other states include Maryland, North Carolina, Vermont and Wisconsin. According to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 17,2012
Tags: commercial, home, house, index, industrial, land, mortgage, office space, property, real estate, report, residence, resident, residential, value
OXFORD — U.S. property values continue to show signs of improvement, in line with indications of continued expansion in economic activity and better employment rates in recent months, according to FNC’s latest Residential Price Index (RPI). Favorable developments in the housing sector, including declining foreclosure activities and rising home sales, have contributed to the continued [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 26,2012
Tags: antibiotic, disease, drug, health, health care, illness, medical, medicine, prescription, public health, report, sick, study
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Research revealed during “Get Smart Week” shows that California joined Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington as the five states with the lowest antibiotic use in the nation in 2010. “Get Smart Week” is a national partnership launched by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote the appropriate use of [...] [...]
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Locally-owned Delta small businesses have provided nearly all new net jobs over the past two decades, new private sector economic data released shows. The report is published in conjunction with Small Business Saturday and National Entrepreneurship Month. The new report, “Jobs and Small Businesses: Job creation and loss in the federally designated [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 18,2012
Tags: ailment, diabetes, diabetic, diet, disease, federal agency, health, health care, ill, illness, medical, medicine, nutrition, public health, ranking, report, sick, sickness
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The nation’s diabetes problem is getting worse, and the biggest jump over 15 years was in Oklahoma, according to a new federal report. It is Mississippi, though, that still has the highest rate of diabetes. The diabetes rate in Oklahoma more than tripled, and Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama also saw dramatic increases [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 7,2012
Tags: environment, forerster, forest, forestry, greenhouse gas, pollution, rail line, railroad, railway, report, timber, train, transportation, travel, tree, wood
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk Southern Corp. has issued its fifth-annual corporate sustainability report, documenting progress on the railroad’s efforts to reduce its business impacts on the environment. The 2012 report can be found on Norfolk Southern’s environmental website, www.nssustainability.com. It highlights advances made in the five years since the company launched a sustainability program with [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 5,2012
Tags: agriculture, commodity, development, education, farm, farmer, farming, field, higher education, moisture, plant, professor, report, research, researcher, rice, row crop, science, scientist, study, test, university, water
STONEVILLE — Ten years of research indicates that a water management strategy can save rice producers money on fuel and conserve water without hurting yields. Joe Massey, a scientist with the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and professor in Mississippi State University’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, has focused his career on water [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 2,2012
Tags: confidence, economy, employment, job, optimism, recession, report, study, unemployment, work, worker
Director of research and policy Scott King and the Gulf Coast Business Council Research Foundation have released the quarterly CEO and Business Owners Confidence report for the third quarter 2012. “Business leaders see a modestly improving Gulf Coast economy,” said Jack Norris, president of the Gulf Coast Business Council. “It will be interesting to conduct [...] [...]
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