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Companies with $227M in Aid Employ Fewer than 500
Mississippi has disbursed nearly $227 million in aid to six alternative energy companies since 2010, but so far has fewer than 500 jobs to show for it.
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Unions Flip to Support Kemper in Exchange for Jobs
Mississippi Power Co.'s contractors have agreed to hire about 1,000 labor union members to build its Kemper County power plant, and a group of unions says it now supports the …
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"Patron Saint of the Tea Party" Announces Surprise Resignation From U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Jim DeMint, patron saint of the tea party and a would-be Republican kingmaker, announced suddenly Thursday he would resign his South Carolina seat to head Washington's …
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Bryant says Miss. Should Avoid Aid to Startups
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant says it's too risky for the state to invest in startup companies like failed solar equipment firm Twin Creeks.
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Brinksmanship on Obama Medicaid Expansion for Poor
It's health care brinksmanship, with hundreds of billions of dollars and the well-being of millions of people at stake.
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Entergy Completes $206M Purchase of Power Plant
Entergy Mississippi says it has completed its $206 million purchase of a Jackson power plant.
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Solar Firm that Got $26M in Miss. Loans is Closing
Mississippi taxpayers may have only an empty Senatobia building and solar panel equipment to show for $26 million in loans to Twin Creeks Technologies.
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Stinker Quote of the Week: Haley Barbour on 'Proctology'
The problem is, however, that GOP operatives aren't looking to their policies to understand the loss; they're looking only to strategies and tactics.
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Bryant Budget Steadfast in Health Care Opposition
Sen. Hillman Frazier said the state would miss out on millions of dollars in economic activity if it declines to expand Medicaid under the federal health-care reform law.
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AP Interview: Trethewey a 'Cheerleader' for Poetry
Natasha Trethewey smashes stereotypes about poets. She's not stuffy. Or shy. Or aloof.
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Waller Leads Supreme Court race as Randolph, Coleman Win
Newcomer Josiah Coleman cruised to a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, while Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. held a solid lead over state Rep. Earle Banks, a Jackson Democrat …
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Miss. to Vote on U.S. Offices, State Judicial Seats
Mississippi voters are preparing to choose one U.S. senator, four U.S. House members, four state Supreme Court justices and one judge for the state Court of Appeals.
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Barbour: Hurricane Sandy Broke Romney's Momentum
"The hurricane is what broke Romney's momentum. I don't think there's any question about it," former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said on CNN's "State of the Union."
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The Deal With a Racist Devil
We seem to be going backward, not forward, on race and other bigotry issues.
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Blueprint MS Report on Health Care Industry Released
Mississippi needs to produce more physicians and provide incentives for them to work in rural areas.
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William Waller Jr.: No Agenda
Criticized for political donations, Mississippi State Supreme Court Chief Justice William Waller Jr. says as long as the state constitution requires judges to run for office, contributions are necessary.
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Miss. Says 'No Thanks' to Medicaid Expansion Dollars
Mississippi has long been one of the sickest and poorest states in America, with some of the highest rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease and more than 1 in …
