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ECONOMY Tue Nov 11, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Gov. Haley Barbour and Mississippi lawmakers are taking the first steps toward tightening state agency budgets as a shaky economy causes tax collections to fall short of officials' original expectations. Barbour said weeks ago that.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Oct 30, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

finance.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- After presenting congressional members from four states details on why Mississippi was selected as a top location for a new $451 million biothreat laboratory, a key member of a consortium says he believes the group has gained some s.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Oct 23, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi's unemployment rate dropped to 7.4 percent in September. The rate was 7.7 percent in August. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security says some employment growth was seen in non-agriculture jobs. Noxubee and.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Oct 10, 2008 @ 6:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi tax collections are lagging this year as the national economy sputters. Yet in a poor state with relatively modest spending, budget writers say they're not worried that they'll be forced to cut services. The chairman of.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Oct 1, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Cotton acreage in Mississippi is projected to plummet almost 50 percent from last year to a record-low level and agricultural experts say farmers will continue to turn away from the crop until market prices significantly improve. T.. Read More

ECONOMY Mon Jul 7, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Gov. Haley Barbour said the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved Mississippi's proposal to use $200 million in federal money for hurricane public recovery projects in Hancock County. When Hurricane Katrina.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jul 3, 2008 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Mississippi lawmakers have passed the final version of a bill that would let coastal utility companies take over private land more quickly to improve services. Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, said the bill is designed to speed up.. Read More

ECONOMY Tue Jul 1, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aboard Air Force One En Route Jackson, Mississippi 12:02 P.M. EDT MR. FRATTO: Good morning. We're on our way to Jackson, Mississippi. The President had his normal briefings this morning. At 12:55 p.m. local time he'll at.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed Jun 25, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WINFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- In eastern Missouri's Lincoln County, the only thing that stands between the swollen Mississippi River and a small community is giving flood fighters a mighty challenge. Pin Oak levee is the only earthen berm in the county that hasn.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jun 19, 2008 @ 12:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- OAKVILLE, Iowa (AP) -- As floodwaters take aim at the tiny towns lining the Mississippi River, the heartland ethic of neighbors helping neighbors is proving to be a potent force against the rising water. Volunteers up and down the river in Illinois and M.. Read More

ECONOMY Thu Jun 12, 2008 @ 3:01pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- WINONA, Minn. (AP) -- Jeremy Smith lives in Wisconsin and works in Minnesota, just a 10-minute car trip across the Mississippi River to his job. But when the state of Minnesota abruptly closed the Highway 43 bridge that connects the two states -- the onl.. Read More

ECONOMY Wed May 14, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Legislation to create new incentives to attract filmmakers and television productions to Mississippi has been signed by the governor. The bill, which took effect with Gov. Haley Barbour's signature on May 9, would provide a 20 perc.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Feb 1, 2008 @ 3:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Federal authorities have declined to take over a "whistleblower" lawsuit, filed by an embattled plaintiffs attorney, that accuses insurers of overbilling the federal government for Hurricane Katrina's flood damage in Mississippi. A fe.. Read More

ECONOMY Fri Dec 28, 2007 @ 6:00pm neoform

biz.yahoo.com -- JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Federal officials are reviewing a $600 million port expansion proposal that has sparked outrage on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where advocacy groups want the money spent on unmet housing needs in the hurricane-ravaged region. Brian.. Read More