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Jobs and Workforce

Why Mississippi’s 3.6% unemployment rate isn’t the full picture of what businesses are facing

by Sara DiNatale August 29, 2022August 29, 2022

Jobs and Workforce

Maximus workers in Hattiesburg strike again, calling out timed bathroom breaks and COVID-19 policies

by Sara DiNatale August 8, 2022August 8, 2022

Jobs and Workforce

Gulf Coast tourism posts strong summer as businesses brace for economic uncertainty

by Sara DiNatale August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

Sanderson Farms $4.5-billion sale finalized amid DOJ antitrust probe of poultry industry

by Sara DiNatale July 27, 2022July 27, 2022

Infighting, allegations of vote stacking clouds Mississippi’s largest tourism bureau

by Sara DiNatale July 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Jobs and Workforce

U.S. Labor Secretary assures Black Delta workers his office will combat racist hiring practices used by white farmers

by Sara DiNatale July 1, 2022July 1, 2022

andrew johnson delta farmer in a tractor

Exploited: White Delta farm owners are underpaying and pushing out Black workers

by Sara DiNatale June 29, 2022December 14, 2022

Jobs and Workforce

Pascagoula leaders say FEMA rules are killing housing market: ‘It’s literally making people homeless’

by Sara DiNatale May 25, 2022May 25, 2022

Jobs and Workforce

Maximus call center workers in Mississippi continue striking for better wages and benefits

by Sara DiNatale May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

‘A huge victory’: Minimum wage workers at USM get pay raise after protest

by Molly Minta May 18, 2022May 18, 2022

Jobs and Workforce

Microsoft launches program in Jackson to grow tech job opportunities, workers skills

by Sara DiNatale May 18, 2022May 18, 2022

Jobs and Workforce

Community colleges get $1.4 million grant to train more lineworkers from Accelerate Mississippi

by Sara DiNatale April 14, 2022April 14, 2022