by Associated Press Published: May 5,2013
Tags: alternative fuel, biofuel fuel, economic development, employment, energy, job creation, lease, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, REFINERY, sustainability, town, town government, wood pellet, work, worker
GLOSTER — The town of Gloster has signed a lease with Drax Biomass International for its Amite BioEnergy wood pellet plant. The Enterprise-Journal reports that the 15-year lease calls for the company to pay the town $8,000 per year for the first 10 years and $9,000 for the next five. There are options to continue [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 2,2013
Tags: alternative fuels, bond, county government, economic development, employment, energy, industrial real estate, job creation, land, loan, plant, property, real estate, work, worker
NATCHEZ — Adams County will borrow the $9 million it now needs to buy the former International Paper property from Rentech. County officials announced earlier this week they had reached a deal with Rentech for the 478-acre property. Officials tell the Natchez Democrat the board of supervisors will adopt a resolution to issue bonds for the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: Automotive, demand, economic development, employ, employee, employer, employment, job, job creation, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, market, plant, tire, vehicle, work, worker
WEST POINT — Executives with Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. say they will build a new tire plant in Mississippi because they see a global supply shortage for tires. State and company officials gathered Monday at the Ritz Theater & Conference Center in West Point to celebrate the company’s plans to build a factory. Later, Gov. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 28,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, employee, employment, funding, health, health care, job, layoff, payroll, public health, state agency, state government, unemployment, work, worker
JACKSON — Top officials at the Mississippi State Department of Health say they’re trying to prevent layoffs for 41 employees and 41 contract workers who were part of a program to help women with high-risk pregnancies. Dr. Mary Currier, the state health officer, said Friday that the social workers were told April 15 their jobs [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2013
Tags: Automotive, county, economic development, employee, employer, employment, incentive, job, job creation, layoff, legislation, legislative, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, tire, work, worker
CLAY COUNTY — Lawmakers are meeting in special session today to consider incentives to bring a Japanese tire manufacturer to Clay County. Yokohama Tire Corp. would make industrial tires for trucks and tractors. In a House committee meeting today, lawmakers were told the state would borrow $70 million to buy land, build infrastructure and train [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013
Tags: Automotive, economic development, employee, employer, employment, governor, incentive, job, job creation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, special session, tire, work, worker
CLAY COUNTY — Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol tomorrow for what many hope will be a quick a special session to lure an auto parts maker to the state. Bryant has released few details about the project, beyond saying it’s for Mississippi’s “automobile corridor.” Several lawmakers say an international company [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 24,2013
Tags: bill, economic development, egislator, employee, employer, employment, executive, governor, job creation, law, lawmaker, Legislature, special session, state government, work, worker
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant says he’s calling lawmakers to the Capitol late this week for a special session on an economic development project. He said today that the session will begin at 10 a.m. Friday. He didn’t give specifics about the project, but said it will create needed jobs for the state. He said [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 23,2013
Tags: automaker, automobiler, Automotive, bill, car, economic development, employee, employer, governor, job, job creation, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, special session, state government, work, worker
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said yesterday that he will call lawmakers into special session to deal with an economic development project in what he calls the state’s auto corridor. The Commercial Appeal reports Bryant talked about the special session when he was in Oxford for a groundbreaking on an unrelated project. Bryant said he’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 12,2013
Tags: bench, case, court, death, died, employee, fatality, federal agency, fish, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, machinery, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, pet food, plant, worker
GULFPORT — The mother of a 24-year-old man who died last year during a machinery incident at Omega Protein has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company. The suit, filed by Cynthia Hebert, the mother of Christopher Allen Hebert, seeks unspecified damages. The suit was filed April 5 in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. [...] [...]
SOUTHERN U.S. — Unemployment rates fell in more than 80 percent of large U.S. cities in February from January, suggesting that strong hiring that month benefited the vast majority of the country. The Labor Department says rates fell in 311 of the nation’s 372 largest metro areas. They rose in 45 and were unchanged in [...] [...]
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