Ingalls Shipbuilding Recently Honored Graduates of its Shipbuilder Academy
Ingalls Shipbuilding recently hosted a “signing day” for the 2025 graduates of its Shipbuilder Academy at the shipyard. This year, 43 students were offered full-time positions at Ingalls, marking the beginning of their careers with HII. The “signing day” coincided with National Apprenticeship Day, recognizing the importance of connecting individuals to meaningful careers and assisting employers […]
Hyde-Smith Supports Expanding Affordable Housing Tax Credit
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, recently threw her support behind legislation to expand and strengthen a federal tax credit that has helped Mississippi build more affordable housing. Hyde-Smith is among the 29 original cosponsors of the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (S.1515), which would expand […]
Goldman Sachs Graduates Inaugural Class of MS Small Business Owners
During May, National Small Business Month, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses graduated its inaugural cohort of Mississippi small business owners from its small business education program as part of its $100 million Investment in Rural Communities. The expansion launched in 2023, with the goal of reaching twenty predominantly rural states in five years. As Mississippi […]
Small Business Administration Launches New Onshoring Portal
Kelly Loeffler, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), recently announced the launch of the Make Onshoring Great Again Portal, a free tool designed to help small businesses identify U.S. manufacturers and producers. With a database of more than 1 million American suppliers, the searchable portal will empower job creators to source domestic suppliers to support their […]
Modine Announces $38 Million Expansion Project in Grenada County
Thermal management company Modine is upgrading one of its existing facilities in Grenada County to manufacture data center cooling equipment. The project will represent a corporate investment of more than $38 million by the end of 2028 and will create more than 450 jobs. “The expansion of Modine’s operations in Grenada, Mississippi, with an investment […]
Reeves Recently Launched Mississippi Power Play Energy Initiative
Governor Tate Reeves recently launched a new initiative aimed at making Mississippi a leader in American energy. The new initiative, named Mississippi’s Power Play, will tear down red tape, stimulate private sector investment, and make Mississippi a model state for energy policy and investment. Additionally, it will allow for faster permitting, reduced financial risk, and […]
Rural Broadband Provider TEC Awarded Grants in Excess of $10,000
TEC, a leading rural broadband provider, has announced that it has been awarded three highly competitive grants totaling $10,882,601. These grants, awarded by the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM), reflect the company’s commitment to connecting communities to vital online services. “These grants are a transformative opportunity for our company and the […]
USM Names New Facility in Honor of Kelly Gene Cook Foundation
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has announced the naming of its new shared facility for services provided by DuBard School for Language Disorders and The Children’s Center for Communication and Development on the Gulf Park campus as Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Hall, in recognition of a generous $1.5 million gift from the Kelly Gene […]
Mississippi Employment Numbers
Highest level ever recorded in state Back before the pandemic, Mississippi traditionally had an unemployment rate higher than the national average. But for March of this year, seasonally adjusted unemployment was 3.9%—lower than the national average of 4.2% that month. Not only that, but the state has record-breaking employment, said Mississippi Department of Employment […]
Ken Cyree, Ole Miss Business Dean
Long-serving faculty member will retire at the end of the year After 21 years as a faculty member at the UM School of Business Administration, and 17 of those years serving at the helm as Dean, Ken Cyree will retire in December 2025. Cyree, who came to Ole Miss from Texas Tech in 2004 as […]