Dupree charges, takes lead in MBJ Poll
You can decide whether it has anything to do with Congressman Bennie Thompson giving his endorsement yesterday, but Hatiesburg mayor Johnny Dupree has charged ahead of Clarksdale businessman Bill...
View ArticleHomebuilders endorse Reeves for Lt. Governor
The Home Builders Association of Jackson has endorsed Tate Reeves’ candidacy for Lt. Governor. In an e-mail statement, President Wade Quin is credited with noting Reeve’s “experience as a conservative...
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When all is said and done, ‘Snarky’ Planet Money got it right
Adam Davidson, an NPR reporter on “Planet Money,” has received a pile of criticism for his look into the economic development industry, in which he finally concluded, “They are not creating jobs. They...
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Phil Bryant does it again
In a video interview with the Mississippi Business Journal, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, whom we endorsed for governor, said he would like to see a new nuclear power plant at the Grand Gulf site in...
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Boyce Adams either lying or uniformed when it comes to his key issue — the...
Why won’t Boyce Adams answer questions about his main talking point in the race against Brandon Presley for northern commissioner of the Mississippi Public Service Commission? He has gone on the record...
View ArticleMaybe debate should be the new football in Mississippi
With news of Houston Nutt losing his job as the football coach at Ole Miss, there has been renewed talk that too much money is spent on high school and college athletics. As a huge sports fan, it’s...
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Will Madison Mississippi be the next Silicon Valley?
Where will the Internet’s next greatest business be born? That’s what Business Insider set out to find. While most people immediately associate the phrase “start-up” with Silicon Valley, or New York,...
View ArticleFAT, LAZY AND STUPID: Mississippi’s 99 percenters just sit, smoke and...
Reading the national reports of the Occupy protests has me conflicted as I walk in and out of the offices of the Mississippi Business Journal in downtown Jackson. The national reports conjure up heady...
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Bryant forges ahead on healthcare city
You have to give Gov.-elect Phil Bryant credit. Gov.-elect Phil Bryant He is jumping in with both feet to work on campaign promises. >> Read more about healthcare in Mississippi Bryant is set to...
View ArticleMississippi ranks next to last in nation on new measure of opportunity in...
The State of Mississippi has placed next to last in the nation, ranking 50th, on a new measure designed to indicate how effectively individuals living in a state can move up the economic ladders of...
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