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Capital Day 2022 Sponsors

By Will Caves | December 28, 2021

Corporate AT&T Atmos Energy BancorpSouth BankPlus Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Butler Snow Caesars Entertainment Corporation Chevron Products Company Clarion Ledger | LocaliQ Cooperative Energy C Spire EdgeTheory, LLC Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi Entergy Mississippi, LLC Ergon, Inc. Godwin. Hancock Whitney Bank Ingalls Shipbuilding Insurance and Risk Managers […]

Tony’s Tamales Adding 30 Jobs at New Production Facility in Flora

By Will Caves | December 22, 2021

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 […]

Sandman Bedding Creating 25 Jobs in Lee County

By Will Caves | December 20, 2021

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 […]

Untapped Potential in Mississippi Summit Registration

By Will Caves | December 15, 2021

The Children’s Foundation of Mississippi “Untapped Potential in Mississippi” event has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 17! The event will be held at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson, MS. Registration is now closed.

Taylor Group Wins $261.7 Million Contract with U.S. Army

By Will Caves | December 14, 2021

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 […]

Kentucky Chamber Leads Relief Effort for Tornado Victims

By Will Caves | December 14, 2021

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 […]

Jones Creating More than 200 Jobs at New Headquarters Facility in Midtown Hattiesburg

By Will Caves | December 7, 2021

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, […]

MEC Voice of Business Podcast with Jake McGraw

By Will Caves | November 29, 2021

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 […]

HII Awarded Additional $113.6 Million Advance Procurement Contract for Amphibious Assault Ship LHA 9

By Will Caves | November 29, 2021

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 Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget Recommendation

By Will Caves | November 15, 2021

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 […]