Business

Hundreds of minority and small business owners gathered at the Jackson Convention Complex Monday, July 26, to learn how to do business with agencies and contractors who receive federal funds. It was a networking opportunity […]

Broadband for America (BfA) is on a mission. That mission is to make broadband access to the Internet available to every household in the nation; to provide data transfer speeds to make that broadband experience […]

(NNPA) – After two weeks of intense negotiations by a joint Capitol Hill conference committee, Washington lawmakers finally reached an agreement on the single largest financial reform package since the 1930s ‘New Deal.’ The new […]

BLUE SPRINGS – After announcing that they would build a plant in Blue Springs, near Tupelo, more than two years ago, Toyota resumed production on the 1,700-acre site that will build the highly popular Toyota […]

General Services Administration (GSA) Commissioner Robert Peck was in Jackson last week to note the economic boost two major federal building projects are having on the city’s economy. During a news conference at the McCoy […]

Special to The Mississippi Link Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Christopher B. Epps has been elected as president of the prestigious American Correctional Association. Commissioner Epps will be the 102nd president of the organization. The […]

The digital divide can hamper recovery during  natural disasters Areas in America that have limited or no broadband access to the Internet may find themselves in extremely critical situations during a natural disaster. Such limitations […]

JACKSON, Miss. – Individuals in Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Warren and Yazoo Counties in Mississippi, who were unable to work because of severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding may apply for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA), the Mississippi […]