by Associated Press Published: December 5,2011
Tags: Marianne Hill, Mississippi, October, unemployment
Roy Nickson has spent so much time at a job service office here that the employees know him by name. The 56-year-old Vicksburg resident said that after six months of looking, he doesn’t feel much closer to landing new employment. “It’s hard and it’s slow right now,” said Nickson, who said this is the first [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: January 23,2011
Tags: beef plant, clawbacks, Edward L. Glaeser, Gov. Haley Barbour, GREEN ENERGY, Kathy Gelston, Khosla Ventures, KIOR, Marianne Hill, Mississippi Development Authority, Soladigm, solar, Stion, Tate Reeves
See related Feb. 4 Business Blog post, ‘Haley Barbour and Khosla Ventures’ and Feb. 11 post, ‘WSJ: Learned from Khosla-backed energy startups that tanked.’ State leaders agree that affordable and reliable energy is essential for Mississippi’s future economic growth. Gov. Haley Barbour has said his energy policy is “more of it” and has aggressively promoted [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: January 16,2011
Mississippi goes into 2011 among the states with the highest tax-supported debt system, a circumstance that leaves taxpayers on the hook for future shortfalls in revenue earmarked for debt repayment. The debt-as-a-percentage of Mississippi’s gross domestic product puts it in the company of fiscally troubled states such as California and New Jersey, according to “Mississippi [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: December 19,2010
Tags: Anirban Basu, economy, Marianne Hill, Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors, Year in Review
Mississippi’s bankers and lenders can’t seem to get out of each other’s way as state appears to be late in the recession and out Late both coming and going — that’s how economists of the future will detail Mississippi’s experience with the Great Recession. While tardy to settle into the economic slump that beset much [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 8,2010
Tags: Marianne Hill, Pam Johnson, The Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women
The Mississippi Commission on the Status of Women has appointed Pam Johnson as its new executive director. Commission chairwoman Marianne Hill made the announcement July 16. Johnson was most recently executive director of the Mississippi Association for Justice. She also worked for the Secretary of State’s Office and the State Auditor’s Office. [...]
Loading ...
