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Tony’s Tamales is increasing capacity in Mississippi by opening a production facility in Flora. The project is a $690,000 corporate investment and will create 30 jobs. Tony’s Tamales is a homegrown Mississippi company that started in 1982 as a restaurant in Jackson – the result of owner Robert Mosley’s desire to bring his tamales to […]
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Sandman Bedding, manufacturer of bedding and mattresses, is locating operations in Belden. The project is a $2.3 million corporate investment and will create 25 jobs. Sandman Bedding will produce mattresses, mattress toppers and pillows for e-commerce and retail. The company is retrofitting a 70,000-square-foot facility where it will develop its direct-to-consumer mattress product under the
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U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., recently announced the award of a $261.7 million contract to Taylor Defense Products in Louisville to provide cranes for the U.S. Army. Taylor Defense won the competitive $261,753,327 firm-fixed-price contract to produce commercial cranes with minor military modifications. The contract work is expected to extend through
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In light of horrific weather and tornados that recently devastated several southern states, specifically, in the state of Kentucky, The Kentucky Chamber Foundation recently announced their partnership with KY Sports Radio to spearhead a fundraising effort, KSR Tornado Relief, focused on small businesses, local chambers, economic and job recovery aid with immediate crisis relief in
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Jones is constructing a new corporate headquarters facility in Hattiesburg. The company will invest $40 million in the project and will create more than 200 jobs. Jones began over 70 years ago as Jones Lumber Company in southwest Mississippi. Today, the Jones portfolio of companies includes Big Black River, Codaray Construction, FV Recycling, Jones Logistics,
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Over the last decade, Mississippi saw more 72,000 people move out of the state than moved in. That would be the population of Mississippi’s second-largest city. The MEC has announced Brain Drain as one of its top five strategic priorities, and Jake McGraw of the William Winter Institute discusses what can be done to reverse
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Huntington Ingalls Industries recently announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a contract modification from the U.S. Navy for $113.6 million to enable long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9. This modification brings the total advance funding for LHA 9 to $651 million. “We appreciate the partnership we have
Governor Tate Reeves today released his Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget Recommendation. Like previous years, the Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget Recommendation outlines a plan to best position Mississippi for long-term economic growth, increases in educational gains, improved public safety, effective workforce development, and a lower overall tax burden on Mississippians. “My Fiscal Year 2023
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Entergy Mississippi recently announced that it is making its largest-ever commitment to renewable resources. The company plans to replace some aging natural gas plants with 1,000 megawatts of renewable energy, such as solar, over the next five years. Called EDGE for “Economic Development with Green Energy”, the strategy is two-fold: give Mississippi an edge in
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A federal court in Louisiana has blocked the federal mandate that companies with 100 or more employees require workers get vaccinated against Covid-19 or be tested weekly. Mississippi was one of several states on the lawsuit. A panel of judges for the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the Stay on Saturday. The
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