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One of the most popular summer recreation spots in the greater lackson area, the Sunset Marine 43 located on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Brandon, has undergone a major transformation [...]

In the early 1900s, Biloxi was known as the 'Seafood Capital of the World.' As late as 2005, before Hurricane Katrina, up to 500 people were employed in the oyster [...]

Cybersecurity is a hot topic for the insurance sector today and a growing concern for many businesses. Purchasing cyber insurance is a risk management decision, says the state's chief insurance [...]

Cybersecurity breaches and ransom-ware attacks have become daily occurrences, making it vital for businesses and government groups to consider stronger efforts to prevent hacking along with purchasing effective insurance protection [...]

Mississippi medical marijuana dispensaries started opening in January in the industry expected to bring in millions in revenue while providing patients with options for treating a wide variety of health [...]

Joe Max Higgins Jr., CEO of the Golden Triangle LINK, was living in his native Arkansas when he was approached by a headhunter for the job heading up economic development [...]

Brooks Corder grew up in Algoma, graduated from South Pontotoc High School and attended Itawamba Community College before attending Ole Miss. After graduation from Ole Miss, many of his friends [...]

Having a major public company like Cal-Maine Foods headquartered in Mississippi has a huge impact. Cal-Maine is the top egg producer in the country and the largest franchisee of Egg-Land's [...]

Many financial advisors started using artificial intelligence (AI) years ago. But the technology has become more diverse and user-friendly in recent years, and both advisors and their clients are becoming [...]

Nick Wallace spent his early years growing up on a family farm in Edwards where he started learning how to cook from his grandmother, Lennel Donald. She taught him the [...]

Steve Zischke already had nine years of experience in the plant nursery business when he bought 2.5 acres of land in Flowood in early 1979 intending to provide top-quality plant [...]

Farmers have to juggle a lot. In addition to often working hard from dawn to dusk to generate the best possible crop, cattle, catfish, chicken or other products, they carry [...]

Cryptocurrency is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as a digital currency in which transactions are verified and records maintained by a decentralized system using cryptography, rather than by a centralized [...]

Many people don't realize that Vicksburg has the largest concentration of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees in the world--engineers, scientists, administrative personnel and technicians. 'For that reason, we like [...]

The convergence of an early flu season, a particularly virulent form of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and COVID cases starting to rise again, have been described by STAT News, which [...]

How can business owners and executives embrace--and leverage--artificial intelligence (AI) in the year ahead? The first step is to foster organizational readiness. 'The organization needs to be ready to successfully [...]

Camgian CEO Gary D. Butler, Ph.D., is a native Mississippian who graduated from Pearl High School and, after college, started his career developing artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for surveillance and [...]

Campbell McCool grew up in a shotgun house in New Orleans with a porch, a corner grocery store, a hardware store and a restaurant all within close walking distance. That [...]

A new Mississippi State Department of Health Transportation to Health program collaborating with Uber to provide rides for people who need health department services also has economic development benefits by [...]

Childcare still primarily falls on the backs of women. The country's lack of affordable and accessible childcare shortchanges children, costs the American economy billions of dollars a year, stymies women [...]

In May, the SBA held an awards ceremony for the 2022 SBA Mississippi Small Business Award winners honoring business owners across the state who exemplify creating innovative small businesses that [...]

Are you a Sunday driver? Or do you often treat the road you use to commute to work like a racetrack? How often you drive and driving habits like sudden [...]

There are numerous reasons for business life insurance. Cliff Young, principal and owner, Insurance Solutions Group Inc., Ridgeland, has a trademarked business insurance program called STAR (Succession, Top Performers, Accumulation [...]

Only a little more than half of Americans who are eligible to participate in a retirement plan at work actually do so, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since [...]

Even with the pandemic behind us, health care costs continue to rise at a fast pace. While it can be increasingly costly for employers to offer health care coverage, in [...]

A WalletHub study reported recently that Mississippi is the state most impacted by natural disasters. Comparisons were made across two key metrics: the number of climate disasters causing at least [...]

In order to shore up the U.S. economy hard hit by business disruptions stemming from the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), the Federal Reserve indicated earlier this year that interest rates would [...]

Robert St. John and Martha Foose, two of Mississippi's best known cookbook authors and celebrity chefs, are joining forces to open the Loblolly Bakery at 3207 Hardy St. in Hattiesburg [...]

For generations families have come from near and far to swim, camp, cook out, fish and boat on the Okatoma Creek, considered the best canoeing and kayaking experience in the [...]

Algae such as that found in Delta catfish ponds grows 100 times faster than trees. it is the fastest growing plant on the planet. And it is unwelcome in catfish [...]

Small businesses are a large part of what makes Main Street communities special, said Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) State Coordinator Thomas Gregory. 'Many times, these local businesses are also [...]

Mississippi, which in the past has often been ranked near the bottom in public education, has been making some impressive gains. 'The successes we're seeing from student-driven policies, like the [...]

According to a study published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science, the tornado belt is shifting, with Mississippi being one of 13 states where tornado activity is increasing. With [...]

Mississippi political and economic leaders have targeted new high skill jobs as a top priority for helping not only individual workers, but the state's economy. And the state is getting [...]

Issues like climate change and shifting weather patterns can have a big impact on how property insurance rates are calculated, said Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, who is also the [...]

Mississippi has the second lowest rate of psychiatrists per population of any state in the country, according to Health Resources & Services Administration. That is of particular concern with the [...]

Remote work is an ideal fit for many people who enjoy not having to commute, dress up for work and having the flexibility to help care for children or elders [...]

Mississippi is a technology state, says foe Donovan, director of the Mississippi Development Authority Office for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 'We just forgot to tell ourselves and the rest of [...]

Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) is coming off the most successful year in state history, including the Steel Dynamics announcement of a $2.5 billion investment in an aluminum flat rolled mill [...]

Jackson Architect Tim Taylor is considered a creative genius by clients. 'He is a celebrity in Mississippi,' said Karen Klein, who is a physical therapist at the Methodist Rehabilitation Center [...]

Quite a few hospitals in Mississippi are operating on negative margins. The difficulties faced by hospitals are so multifaceted that Dr. W. Mark Home, past president of the Mississippi State [...]

Mississippi might not be the first state you think of when it comes to large scale solar energy production projects. But the state has plenty of sunshine, a temperate climate [...]

Advances in surgical and medical treatment of brain cancer are creating better outcomes with less risk, said M. Omar Chohan, MD, an associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of [...]

Oleksiy Tatarenko, senior principal at clean energy nonprofit RMI, said the federal incentives being put in place by this administration are a game changer because they recognize that the energy [...]

Hydrogen has a lot of advantages as a green fuel alternative. When burned, it doesn't create the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide associated with gasoline, oil, natural gas and propane emissions. [...]

David C. Wilson is not keen on fancy titles or anything that may be construed as pretentious. Case in point, his title in the small business he founded, Southern Spoon, [...]

STARKVILLE -- Before a recent interview for this article, Dr. Allen Williams had already answered emails from people in a dozen different countries. 'And that happens every day,' said Williams, [...]

Health insurance costs continue to rise, low unemployment rates mean stronger competition for top talent, and there is legislation such as Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 All those [...]

Driverless vehicles could be the next really big business disruption in the U.S. There are some futuristic projections that by 2030, more people will use driverless taxis rather than owning [...]

A hot topic in banking circles is how much artificial intelligence (AI) will impact employment in the banking industry. One study reported in American Banker magazine predicts that 70 percent [...]