Darrin Webb, Mississippi’s state economist, tweeted Tuesday about an interesting story from the Wall Street Journal that he said highlighted how education is increasingly needed in manufacturing jobs.
On Nov. 23 the Mississippi Board of Dental Examiners voted to change a regulation that will lower the standard of care to Mississippi’s dental patients by:
1. Allowing dental hygienists to practice up to 10 days a year without direct supervision from a dentist;
My leaf and compost pile is breaking my mind’s heart. Heaps of once-had-to-have plants have been left to rot into more useful soil amendments.
“Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV)
I am like most people in Marion County: excited for tonight’s festivities beginning with the Cruise-In, the parade, the lighting of downtown and Candlelight, Carols and Claus.
In this last month there have been a lot of activities, construction and preparation to make the start of the Christmas season spectacular.
Billionaire presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg and Mississippi policy makers are poles apart philosophically, but they have one thing in common.
They don’t mind taxing the poor, although it is for different reasons.
Has anyone else noticed that nurses now seem more interested in inputting data into their electronic devices when you talk with them than listening to what’s wrong with you?
That drives me nuts.
Put a fork in ’em. The Democrats are done as a statewide force in Mississippi, and it may take a generation or longer before that changes.
I’m already missing autumn’s dazzling display of colors, while right in the middle of one of the best in memory. I’ve relished them for weeks now, partly a déjà vu experience as I travel repeatedly up and down the state for garden lectures, watching the scene shift and repeat every hundred miles and every few days.
(This week The Columbian-Progress spotlights Freddy Stephens.)
Q: When and where were you born?
A: I was born in Hattiesburg Nov. 18, 1964.
Q: Where did you attend school?
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