by Associated Press Published: May 17,2013
Tags: automaker, automobile, automotive industry, corporate welfare, economic development, incentive, labor, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, organized labor, report, state agency, state government, study, subsidy, tax, tax break, union
CANTON — A study paid for by the United Auto Workers finds state and local governments may provide Nissan Motor Co.’s Mississippi plant with nearly $850 million in tax breaks over 30 years, plus $400 million in cash aid. The report estimates Mississippi will pay $90 million in interest on money borrowed to aid Nissan, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: home, home price, house, index, mortgage, mortgage technology, real estate, residence, residential real estate, study, survey, technology
OXFORD — The latest FNC Residential Price Index (RPI) shows the U.S. housing market continued to recover, recording in March the 13th consecutive price increase. In recent months, the ongoing housing recovery has maintained its pace with steady and persistent gains in home prices despite signs of continued job market weakness and soft economic growth, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 3,2013
Tags: college, education, goods making, higher education, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, postsecondary education, public university, study, survey, university
KENNESAW, Ga. — Manufacturing activity in the Southeast improved slightly on the strength of higher new orders, production and employment, staying ahead of the national index, according to the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) report released by the Econometric Center at Kennesaw State University’s Michael J. Coles College of Business. “Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana experienced [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: Coast, college, ecosystem, education, environment, higher education, land, postsecondary education, property, public university, real estate, restoration, study, survey, university, wetlands, wildlife
GULF COAST — A new survey Mississippi State University finds more than 60 percent of Americans are willing to pay to restore Louisiana’s rapidly eroding Barataria-Terrebonne estuary. The Courier reports the survey found that respondents were willing to pay between $909 and $1,751 per household for coastal restoration projects. Added up, that could generate between [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 10,2013
Tags: assisted living, disabled, elderly, health, health care, home care, home health, medical, medicine, study
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — In its 10th year, the Genworth 2013 Cost of Care Survey shows the cost to receive care at home in Mississippi through a home health aide increased over the past five years. On a national level, the survey shows a dramatic increase in facility-based care such as an assisted living facility or [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 1,2013
Tags: agriculture, commodity, development, education, experiment station, Extension Service, farm, farmer, farming, grower, higher education, postsecondary education, producer, ranch, rancher, report, research, rural, study
STARKVILLE — The South’s extension service and experiment station systems are still relevant nearly a century after they were founded. This according to a new report released by an Ohio-based charitable trust. Battelle Technology Partnership Practice and BioDimensions, an independent research and development organization, released results of a study of the economic impact Extension Service [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 27,2013
Tags: appointment, doctor, healthm health care, medical, medicine, physician, public health, report, study, wait
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Time spent in the waiting room is often a benchmark when patients consider choosing a doctor. According to a Vitals annual report analyzing U.S. trends in patient care, the shortest average physician wait time in 2012 actually increased more than a full minute from 2011. And, Mississippi leads the nation in time [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 20,2013
Tags: appointed, bill, education, elecvted, executive, governor, lawmaker, legisilature, legislation, legislative, legislator, public education, public school, school, school bo0ard, study, veto
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant has vetoed a bill calling for a study of elected local school boards. Some lawmakers had wanted all local school board members to be chosen by voters, in part because boards can raise taxes. Today, county school board members are elected, while some city school boards are entirely appointed and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 7,2013
Tags: bill, education, election, legislation, Politics, public education, public school, school, school board, state government, study
JACKSON — The House has given final passage to a bill to study the structure of local school boards. House members voted 66-50 for Senate Bill 2141 yesterday. It now goes to Gov. Phil Bryant for his approval. If approved, the study by a 13-member panel could take until 2015. Lawmakers had originally considered requiring [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 7,2013
Tags: bird, duck, ecosystem, environment, higher education, hunt, hunter, hunting, mallard, outdoors, public university, study, waterfowl, wildlife, wildlife management conversation
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — Results from a Mississippi State University study of mallard ducks in the state’s South Delta revealed information that could help shape conservation and habitat management programs. For several years, Brian Davis, assistant professor in MSU’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture and researcher in MSU’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center, has been [...] [...]
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