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MEC hosted our second virtual, live-stream-only Legislative Scrambler of the 2021 Mississippi Legislative Session on Wednesday, March 10th at the Mississippi State Capitol. The event featured Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann. You may watch a replay of the event below. MEC’s Legislative Scramblers are a great way to have a voice at the Capitol without ever […]
Governor Tate Reeves signed Executive Order 1549. This order will go into effect at 5:00 PM on March 3rd and stay in effect until March 31st. “Today, I signed what I expect will be one of my last executive orders regarding COVID-19. Our hospitalizations have plummeted, and our case numbers have fallen dramatically as well.
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Leisure Pools, one of the world’s largest composite fiberglass swimming pool, spa, and tanning ledge manufacturers, has finalized plans to establish manufacturing and distribution operations in Picayune. The project is a $3.25 million corporate investment and will create 100 jobs. Leisure Pools purchased an 83,200-square-foot facility in the Picayune Industrial Park. The new Picayune operations
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Due to unavoidable circumstances, MEC has rescheduled our Legislative Scrambler with Speaker of the House Philip Gunn to tomorrow, March 4th at 8:00 a.m. No registration is required for this event. You may watch the MEC Scrambler from your desk via live stream on the day of the event. MEC’s Legislative Scramblers are a great
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Huntington Ingalls Industries recently announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life-cycle engineering and support services on the U.S. Navy’s San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious transport docks. This follow-on contract consists of a base contract valued at $36.9 million with a cumulative value of $213.9 million if
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Building on a month of strong results, the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Small Business Administration are taking steps with the Paycheck Protection Program to further promote equitable relief for America’s mom-and-pop businesses. The latest round of Paycheck Protection Program funding opened one month ago and already the Biden Administration has succeeded in making major
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Mississippi State has received formal approval to build the Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center, a multi-million-dollar facility in Ocean Springs and the first of its kind on the Mississippi Coast. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, Jackson County Board of Supervisors, and Jackson County Port Authority have formally approved siting the center on four
Electronic components manufacturing company East Systems is expanding in Columbus to accommodate an increase in demand. The project is an $890,100 corporate investment and will create a dozen jobs. “Mississippi’s small businesses, such as East Systems, are the backbone of our state’s economy. When they add new, good-paying jobs, it is a testament to the
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Lockers Manufacturing, a producer of lockers for the American market, is locating its manufacturing operations in Batesville. The project is a $5.35 million corporate investment and will create 60 jobs. “Lockers Manufacturing’s decision to invest in Mississippi by opening this new location and bringing 60 new jobs to Panola County is yet another prime example
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