State rolls out new interactive Mississippi Works program
JACKSON — The state of Mississippi has unveiled an interactive resource to pair employers and jobs through the Internet and mobile applications. Gov. Phil Bryant and employment and industry officials...
View ArticleSilver Airways, union hammer out pilot agreement
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Silver Airways and its pilots, represented by the Airline Professionals Association Teamsters Local 1224 (Local 1224) and the International Brotherhood...
View ArticleReport: U.S. small business hiring soared in May
U.S. small businesses added 35,000 jobs in May, the largest monthly increase in more than a year, according to Intuit Inc. The increase is triple the average of 12,000 new jobs per month that have been...
View ArticleBiofuel manufacturer KiOR begins layoffs at Columbus plant
COLUMBUS — Biofuel maker KiOR is laying off employees as it idles its Mississippi refinery, intensifying questions about the future of the cash-strapped company. The company said yesterday that it has...
View ArticleState’s jobless rate increases to 7.7 percent
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state’s unemployment rate in May was tied with Kentucky’s for the nation’s fourth-highest. But that 7.7 percent rate was still well below Mississippi’s 9 percent rate a year...
View ArticleMississippi no longer has highest unemployment rate in nation
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi no longer has the highest unemployment rate in the nation in August, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department. The Mississippi unemployment...
View ArticleBaptist Memorial Healthcare lays off workers at two hospitals
BOONEVILLE and NEW ALBANY — Baptist Memorial Healthcare is laying off workers at its Booneville and New Albany hospitals in Mississippi in cost reduction plan. Overall, the Memphis-based hospital...
View ArticleEmployers added 6,000 jobs in September; unemployment rate falls
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The state’s employers added 6,000 jobs to their payrolls in September and the state’s unemployment rate fell again, although it remains the second-highest in the nation. The...
View ArticleMDOT cutting more than 40 jobs in Right-of-Way Division
JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Transportation is eliminating 44 jobs in its Right-of-Way Division. Jason Scott, spokesman for MDOT, says the workers in the Appraisals and Titles section of the...
View ArticleConstruction industry adds workers, but…
There are signs that the nation’s construction industry is rebounding, but it will take a while before it fully recovers, according to one building trade association. Construction employment expanded...
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