By JIM KUHNHENN and MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — The $4 trillion budget that President Barack Obama sends Congress on Monday proposes higher taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations, and an ambitious $478 billion public works program for […]
NEW YORK (AP) — BP is selling part of its stake in an emerging oil-producing region in the Gulf of Mexico to Chevron, and the two companies, along with Conoco Phillips, will work to develop […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s jobless rate dipped slightly in December, but the state continues to have the highest unemployment rate of any state nationwide. The jobless rate fell to 7.2 percent, down from 7.3 […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A BP executive has taken the stand as lawyers for the oil giant make their case for a federal Clean Water Act penalty well under the $13.7 billion maximum for the […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It will be oil giant BP’s turn today to call witnesses as it makes its case for a civil penalty lower than the $13.7 billion the federal government is seeking for […]
(AP) Microsoft will use an event Wednesday to offer a wider glimpse of the next version of Windows. The company is planning to show off new features of its flagship operating system — and possibly an […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved Gov. Phil Bryant’s request for disaster assistance in Marion County. Officials say residents, businesses and non-profit groups affected by severe storms and tornadoes that […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s economy is growing but still lags behind regional and national recovery from the Great Recession, an expert said Thursday. “Everything’s not just perfect. But it is, I would say, better […]
BY JEFF AMY Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Pascagoula shipyard that has been a focus of complaints by nearby residents is paying a $144,545 civil fine for environmental violations including allowing sandblasting particles […]
SHANNON, Mississippi (AP) — A California company will soon be making sandwiches in a former meat processing factory near Tupelo. Raybern Foods plans to invest more than $10 million and hire 200 people to make […]
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