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Huntington Ingalls Industries Announces the Election of Kari Wilkinson as Ingalls Shipbuilding President

Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Kari Wilkinson to serve as executive vice president of HII and president of HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, effective April 1. She will succeed Brian Cuccias, who announced that he will retire April 1. Cuccias was named Ingalls Shipbuilding president in 2014 and is […]

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MSDH Expands COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility to Include Individuals 50 and Older

Beginning the first week in March, those eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccination in Mississippi will now include all persons 50 years of age and older. To date, 94 percent of COVID-19 related deaths (6,381) and 80 percent (7,342) of COVID-19 related hospitalizations in Mississippi have been among those 50 and older. “So far, about 350,000

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Over 200 Participate in MEC’s Virtual Legislative Scrambler with Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann

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

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Leisure Pools Creating 100 Jobs in Picayune

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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MEC Legislative Scrambler Featuring Speaker Philip Gunn Rescheduled for March 4th

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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Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded Life-Cycle Engineering Contract on U.S. Navy’s LPD 17 Program

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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SBA Prioritizes Smallest of Small Businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program

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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MSU Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center Approved for Construction in Ocean Springs

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

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