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Michigan’s Debbie Stabenow speaks as Delta State hosts 78th annual Delta Council

Ross Reily — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:27:11 +0000

CLEVELAND, Mississippi — Politics, agriculture, and the economy were the hot topics on a rainy Delta morning as hundreds gathered for the 78th annual meeting of Delta Council, Friday, May 17, on the campus of Delta State University. The event kicked off in the Bologna Performing Arts Center with a presentation by political analyst Stu [...]

Nissan statement on UAW subsidies study

Stephen McDill — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:17:23 +0000

Nissan North America has responded to a recent United Auto Workers study on incentives it received from the state of Mississippi. “Nissan has more than met the requirements for job creation called for in the state’s incentive package. Our 5,000 team members hold some of the most secure jobs in Mississippi and enjoy competitive pay well above [...]

(VIDEO) Lessons in business management — from prison

Ross Reily — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:11 +0000

Jeff Smith spent a year in prison. But what he discovered inside wasn’t what he expected — he saw in his fellow inmates boundless ingenuity and business savvy. He asks: Why don’t we tap this entrepreneurial potential to help ex-prisoners contribute to society once they’re back outside? (From the TED Talent Search event TED@NewYork.) In [...]

CRAWFORD: Is a taint of tyranny infecting our Medicaid standoff?

Ross Reily — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:57:18 +0000

The dictionary defines “tyranny” as oppressive power exerted by government. Founder Thomas Jefferson warned “Experience hath shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” Is a taint of tyranny infecting our Medicaid standoff? Compare the Senate’s actions with those [...]

Attorney General Jim Hood warns consumers of recent e-mail scam

Ross Reily — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:34:12 +0000

JACKSON, Mississippi — Attorney General Jim Hood is warning consumers and businesses to be aware of a recent email scam purporting to help overseas military personnel with packages in the U.S.. The unsolicited email suggests that the sender is a military officer who has two military trunk boxes that just arrived in the U.S.A. and [...]

Cochran helps forge compromise on farm legislation

Ross Reily — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:19:21 +0000

STONEVILLE, Mississippi — After a stormy regional conflict over Farm Bill debate in 2012, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran worked cooperatively with Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (Michigan) to forge a compromise piece of farm legislation that garnered a 15-5 vote in the Senate Agriculture Committee today. ” (Tuesday) was one more example of Sen Cochran’s ability to [...]

Clinton High School receives third bomb threat since Friday

Ross Reily — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:55:21 +0000

CLINTON, Mississippi — For the third time since Friday, Clinton High School today received another bomb threat. An anonymous call was received around 1:20 p.m. As before, the school has been evacuated and police are searching the campus. If you have any information about the person or people making these bomb threats, contact the Clinton [...]

APME: Obama administration has chosen to trample the First Amendment

Ross Reily — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:59:10 +0000

The Associated Press Media Editors Association condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the actions of the Justice Department in seizing phone records of The Associated Press. In condemning this action, APME joins the Society of Professional Journalists, the Radio Television Digital News Association and many other journalists across the country. “In a continuing witch hunt [...]

(VIDEO) Maria Bezaitis: The surprising need for strangeness

Ross Reily — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:05:17 +0000

In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we’re barricading ourselves against strangeness — people and ideas that don’t fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we’ve already been. A call for technology to deliver us to what and who we [...]

Plywood panel maker Natron Wood’s new Louisville plant to hire 200

Ted Carter — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:20:53 +0000

Oregon-based plywood panel producer Natron Wood Products is moving into a vacant 250,000 square-foot building in Louisville and will create 200 new jobs as it begins operations. The plant represents a $10 million investment by Natron Wood Products, Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday at an official announcement of the plant in Louisville. Natron Wood’s Winston [...]