ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi’s unemployment rate fell to 9.9 percent in January, as the number of people with jobs rose. It’s the first time unemployment has dipped below 10 percent in the state since September 2009. The jobless rate was down from 10.4 percent in December and 10.5 percent in January 2011. Despite the decrease, [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi House has rejected a bill to let businesses pass some tax breaks to individual employees. House Bill 1264 needed 71 votes, but only got 67. House Ways and Means chairman Jeff Smith says he plans to bring back the bill to try to pass it. Democrats objected to the expense, and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2012
Tags: bill, executive branch, governor, illegal workers, immigrant, immigration, jobs, law, law enforcement, lawmaker, legislative branch, Legislature, race relatyions, racial profiling, workers
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said yesterday he supports an immigration-enforcement bill working its way through the state Legislature, and he dismissed critics’ contention that it could lead to racial profiling of Hispanics. “This law applies to everyone, not just to people who are south of us or Hispanic by descent. But look at [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 1,2012
Tags: building, capital investment, construction, county governmkent, distribution, distributor, employment, expansion, incentives, jobs, manufacturer, manufacturing, state government, workers
OLIVE BRANCH — Milwaukee Electric Tool, manufacturer of portable electric power tools and accessories, is expanding its presence in north Mississippi by constructing a new, larger distribution center in Olive Branch. The project represents a company investment of $8 million and will create 25 new jobs, according to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). “The new [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 23,2012
Tags: appropriations, budget, health, health care, jobs, layoffs, mental health, public health, state budget, state government, workers
JACKSON — The chairman of the state Board of Mental Health says if the Legislature goes ahead with present budget proposals, it could mean the loss of jobs at facilities across Mississippi. Robert Landrum of Ellisville, the mental health board chairman, told Jones County supervisors this week that budget cuts before the Legislature would reduce [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 23,2012
Tags: bill, citizenship, human rights, illegal workers, immigrantion, immigrants, jobs, law, migrant workers, protest, state government, state law, workers
JACKSON — About 100 people, including immigrants with small children, yesterday gathered at the Mississippi Capitol to protest an immigration-enforcement bill that many called unfair and inhumane. The bill is similar to a law enacted in Alabama in 2011, including provisions that would require schools to check students’ immigration status. Alabama’s law is considered one [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2012
Tags: Closing, facility, forestry, jobs, layoffs, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, trees, unemployment, wood, workers
GRENADA — Koppers Holdings Inc., which produces carbon compounds and wood treatment products, says it will close a facility in Grenada because of low levels of profitability that show no signs of future improvement. Pittsburgh-based Koppers said in a news release that the wood treating plant in Grenada, which employed about 46 people, shut down [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 14,2012
Tags: agreement, discrimination, employees, illegal workers, immigrants, immigration, investigation, lawsuit, manufacturing, race, raid, settlement, workers
LAUREL — Court records say a Mississippi company that was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants has reached a tentative settlement in a discrimination lawsuit by four black women who claimed the company gave preferential treatment to Latinos. The lawsuit claimed one of the plaintiffs applied for a job at [...] [...]
ELLISVILLE — General Electric Co. plans to hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business. The announcements today were part of a four-day event that the global conglomerate is hosting with partners in Washington, D.C., that focuses on issues such as manufacturing and job creation in [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state of Mississippi has collected $7.3 million thus far from its efforts to crackdown on unemployment fraud. Mark Henry, executive director of Mississippi Department of Employment Security, says the money came from people caught collecting unemployment benefits while working. The recovered funds will go to the Unemployment Benefits Trust Fund. The [...] [...]
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