Mississippi Business Journal » Sunflower County http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bryant signs bill forcing Sunflower school merger http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/20/bryant-signs-bill-forcing-sunflower-school-merger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bryant-signs-bill-forcing-sunflower-school-merger http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/20/bryant-signs-bill-forcing-sunflower-school-merger/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:41:51 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55948 JACKSON — Sunflower County will have only one school district starting in July 2014, under a law signed by Gov. Phil Bryant Thursday. Senate Bill 2330 requires merging the Indianola, Drew and Sunflower County districts, all currently under state control. The bill does not require closing any current schools, although residents have said they fear [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/20/bryant-signs-bill-forcing-sunflower-school-merger/feed/ 1 State set to meet about Aberdeen school system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:19:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=55841 JACKSON — State officials have signaled they could be seeking to take over an eighth school district even as they consider fundamental changes to the process of state control, called conservatorship. Mississippi’s Commission on School Accreditation is scheduled to meet Wednesday in Jackson and appears poised to declare a state of emergency in the 1,400-student [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/04/18/state-set-to-meet-about-aberdeen-school-system/feed/ 0 MBJ Editorial: Mississippi Delta worse off after eight years of Gov. Barbour http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/editorial-mississippi-delta-worse-off-after-eight-years-of-gov-barbour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=editorial-mississippi-delta-worse-off-after-eight-years-of-gov-barbour http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/13/editorial-mississippi-delta-worse-off-after-eight-years-of-gov-barbour/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:38:17 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=45955 The Mississippi Delta continues to flounder as unemployment figures average around 18 percent for the 12 counties between Vicksburg and Memphis. Yet, there have been many jobs announcements in the years of the Barbour administration, but very few have had anything to do with the Mississippi Delta. In this latest barrage of economic development announcements, [...]

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