Schloop Company in Meridian
Owners Ryan and Rachel Hunt create custom footwear from start to finish Schloop is an attention-getting name and the business garners attention, too. Owned by Ryan and Rachel Hunt in Meridian, and sometimes referred to as Shoe Loop, the business designs and manufactures shoes. It’s complete with a laboratory, factory and their own brand, Black […]
Lockers Manufacturing
Expansion will create positive economic impact for North Mississippi In just three years Lockers Manufacturing has made a difference in Batesville. With a mission of formulating any design, any material, any technology to make lockers, the company purchased one of the old Panola Mills buildings and has been steadily growing. Now they’re expanding with a […]
UM Professor Using Grant Monies to Approve Military and Commercial Sensor Networks
University of Mississippi engineering professor, Lei Cao, has been awarded more than $597,000 to improve sensor networks, devices often used by the military to collect and transmit data about their environment. Cao, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, plans to use his National Science Foundation grant to improve sensor networks by making them more […]
C Spire Foundation Donates to STEM Education at MSU
The C Spire Foundation is continuing its commitment to K-12 students in Mississippi through a $180,000 donation to Mississippi State University that further supports STEM and the development and implementation of online computer science classes. The initiative builds on the C Spire Foundation’s $1 million donation in 2021 to help train more than 3,000 K-12 […]
The Danger of Price Controls
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s recent endorsement of price controls caught my attention. So, I decided to look into the matter more closely. What I found was disturbing and in my view, terrible economic policy. Wage and price fixing is harmful at any time and under any conditions. Period. Moreover, it is a giant step toward […]
