A new rule proposed by the Trump administration would make patients aware of the negotiated prices between insurance companies and health care providers.
Mississippi is home to some impressive manufacturers, from huge ships at Ingalls on the Gulf Coast to high-end stoves at Viking Range in the Delta.
The Columbus tornadoes last weekend are a reminder that Mississippi has the highest per capita deaths from tornadoes of any state in the country at 132 per million. Our prayers are extended to the family of Ashley Pounds who lost her life. We pray the church that was destroyed will rebuild quickly.
Ever since the state legislature passed procurement reform, there has been a constant effort to repeal the reforms. This session is no different. State Rep. Jerry Turner, the leader of procurement reform in the House, is in a battle to preserve reverse auctions. Reps.
Columbia’s sales tax collections in December grew 3.2 percent versus the year before, signaling strong Christmas sales that outperformed the state average and other cities in the region.
Bill Waller Jr. has suddenly made the Republican primary for governor in Mississippi more challenging than the presumed front-runner, Tate Reeves, was anticipating.
There has been yet another disease outbreak, this one of the measles in Washington state. It once again makes the case that Mississippi’s policy of refusing to grant religious or philosophical vaccination exemptions is the wisest and safest course of action.
Recently it was announced that Mississippi ranked 49th in overall health in 2018, according to the United Health Foundation, and that the Mississippi High School Activities Association would be adding a pilot video game program in 60 schools.
Think there’s a correlation?
There are already plenty of reasons to worry about a recession coming along soon. For starters, the U.S. economy — though not Mississippi’s — has been growing for a decade. The national unemployment rate has been below 4 percent for the last 10 months. By most measurements, we’re overdue for a downturn.
Author and economic development consultant Quint Studer sees a lot of different communities and makes an interesting point about what makes Columbia stand out: He noted during a talk to the Marion County Development Partnership that he rarely finds a locally owned bank and was encouraged to see that in Columbia.
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