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Study: Capital City’s pension plan one of worst in U.S.

by MBJ Staff Published: January 17,2013

Tags: city, employee benefits, funding, health insurance, municipal, municipality, pension, rank, retire, retiree, retirement, shortfall, study, survey

JACKSON — Sixty-one key cities across America, including Jackson, have emerged from the Great Recession with a gap of more than $217 billion between what they had promised their workers in pensions and retiree health care and what they had saved to pay that bill, according to a report released by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The [...] [...]

Ex-USM president and polymer science pioneer quietly retires

by Associated Press Published: July 6,2012

Tags: bachelor's degree, education, educator, higher education, plastic, polymer, polymer science, President, professor, research and development, retire, retiree, retirement, science, teacher

HATTIESBURG — Shelby Thames, a pioneer in polymer sciences and a former president of the University of Southern Mississippi, has retired. That’s according to an announcement from the school. Thames founded USM’s research program in polymer science. He was university president for five years, from 2002-2007. The Hattiesburg American reports Thames retired last week with [...] [...]

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