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Budget Discussions Begin for FY 2012 as Federal Stimulus Cliff Looms
September 20th, 2010
Starting September 20th, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee will begin […]
Census Bureau Releases 2009 Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Data
September 15th, 2010
Sunday’s Clarion Ledger foreshadowed the upcoming release of 2009 income, […]
Mississippi’s Economic Outlook: Overall Job Loss Slowing, but Construction and Manufacturing Continue to Experience Substantial Declines
September 14th, 2010
On September 14th, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s (IHL) […]
Check Cashers Charge More in Mississippi than in Any Other State in the Region
September 8th, 2010
Payday loans are advertised as providing solutions to individuals that […]
Women of Mississippi Still Earn Less than Men with Similar Education
September 3rd, 2010
This week the Clarion-Ledger ran an article entitled “Young women […]
5 Years Later: The Effects of Hurricane Katrina and the Recession on State Revenue
September 1st, 2010
In the last five years, the state has endured some […]
10 Years of Job Growth and Job Loss in Mississippi
August 26th, 2010
Over the past week, a significant amount of media coverage […]
Unemployment Insurance Critical to Struggling Mississippians
August 23rd, 2010
Sunday’s Clarion-Ledger article, “More Time for Jobless,” on unemployment insurance […]
Mississippi Accepts $98 million in Federal Funding for Education
August 20th, 2010
The Office of the Governor announced Thursday that Mississippi would […]
Cut to the Bone: The Impact of Budget Cuts on Mental Health in Mississippi
August 18th, 2010
One agency where state budget cuts may have finally cut […]
