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C Spire offers high speed internet

CLINTON, Miss. (AP) – The city of Clinton has become the fourth town in Mississippi to offer residents C Spire’s high-speed internet service. Three other Mississippi cities, Quitman, Ridgeland and Starkville, already have the service. […]

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Google building data center at Alabama power plant site

(AP) Technology giant Google is planning to build a $600 million data center at a former coal-fired power plant in Alabama, and the facility is expected to create up to 100 new jobs, Gov. Robert […]

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Mississippi unemployment rate ticks up despite job gains

(AP) With people flooding into Mississippi’s labor force, the state’s job market couldn’t quite keep up in May. Mississippi’s unemployment rate crept up to 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent in April, ending five straight months […]

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Fastest rising rent in U.S. is in one Mississippi city

(AP) Home rental prices are climbing across much of the United States — with the biggest gains coming from not from New York or San Francisco but Jackson, Mississippi, and Portland, Maine. Real estate data […]

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Corinth Coca-Cola expands into west Tennessee

CORINTH, Miss. (AP) – Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc. has expanded its distribution territory farther into west Tennessee, officially entering the Jackson and Paris markets. The company already served Lexington, Tennessee. Corinth Coca-Cola’s expanded territory […]

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City of Jackson Weekly Update

 City of Jackson Moves Forward with Project to Pave 14 Streets This Summer The city will move forward with a project to pave 14 streets using federal Community Development Block Grant funding.  The Mayor and City Council recently […]

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Mississippi governor and Israeli ambassador push trade

By JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Leaders of Israel and Mississippi say they want to increase what is now a tiny trade between the Magnolia State and Middle Eastern nation, building an […]

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Nissan gives $500,000 to Mississippi history museums

CANTON, Miss. (AP) – Nissan Motor Co. is donating $500,000 to help fund exhibits and a dining area at two Mississippi history museums being built in downtown Jackson. The Japanese automaker made the announcement Monday […]

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Location chosen for Entergy’s pilot solar project in DeSoto

HUGHES, Miss. (AP) – A location has been selected for a pilot solar project in DeSoto County. The Commercial Appeal (http://bit.ly/1DzlV2r) reports vacant land at the northwest corner of U.S. 61 and the North Harrah’s […]