Mississippi Roundup
Poultry processor to add 300 jobs at West Point facility
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Peco Foods is investing $40 million; pay will be $15 to $17 an hour, plus benefits
Toyota Mississippi adds 400 jobs, expands production
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Toyota announced Thursday the company is investing another $170 million in its Blue Springs plant and hiring another 400 workers, according to The Daily Journal. Groundbreaking for a separate $10 million, 15,000-square-foot visitor and training center, scheduled to open in November 2019, was canceled Thursday because of rain. Read full story here.
A walk through the nation’s first lynching memorial
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The exhibit features 800 rusting columns for the more than 4,000 known African-American victims of racial terror
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Corinth agrees to change how it jails the poor
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Previous practice had been to send defendants who couldn’t immediately pay fines less than $300 to jail
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Restoration of Greenville’s Weinberg House and survey of Jackson’s Midtown top preservation grants
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The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has awarded grants totaling more than $63,000 to 10 preservation projects in Certified Local Government (CLG) communities across the state. Amounts range from $1,250 for the development of an interactive website that interprets Booneville’s historic district to $12,500 to continue the rehabilitation of the Weinberg House in Greenville. Click here for more information and a full list of grantees across the state.
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Head Start centers have ‘outsized role’ in rural Mississippi, report finds
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Head Start centers make up one-third of the center-based child care programs available in some of Mississippi’s most rural areas, providing critical child care services, access to health care and early intervention services that children may not otherwise get, according to a new report featured in The Hechinger Report’s Mississippi Learning newsletter. Download the report from The Center for American Progress here. Read The Hechinger Report’s story here.
Education Dept. makes progress in contracting, accountants say
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Proper tracking of federal funds still requires attention
How much money have candidates raised in race to replace Rep. Gregg Harper?
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Six Republicans and two Democrats are running for Harper’s congressional seat
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Ole Miss law grad first Native American to clerk on U.S. Supreme Court
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Toby Young is a 2003 Ole Miss Law School grad
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IRS online filing system experiencing glitches on Tax Day
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Agency won’t punish people if their returns arrive late because of the glitches.
Gov. Bryant: Bridge inspections may take 30 days
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Officials warned that Mississippi would be in danger of losing federal funds if the bridges weren’t closed immediately.
Clarksdale blues museum gets $460,000 boost from NEH grant
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With additional funding, expanded exhibits should debut before the museum’s 40th anniversary
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Lawsuit expands to challenge other Mississippi abortion restrictions
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Challenge to state’s 15-week ban will include dozens of state restrictions already in place
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Hyde-Smith makes history as first female Mississippi senator
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Vice President Mike Pence swears in Gov. Bryant’s pick to replace Sen. Thad Cochran, who retired April 1.
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Tuberculosis reported at Ole Miss, 500 to be tested
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Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed a tuberculosis case and will begin testing those who may have been exposed