Originally Posted on Arkansas News
LITTLE ROCK — Steel production has begun at Big River Steel’s $1.3 billion plant in Mississippi County, the company said Friday.
Big River Steel said in a news release that two units at its “Flex Mill” near Osceola began operating this week as part of a …
Originally Posted on Mississippi Business Journal
A scaled-back version of workforce training legislation Gov. Phil Bryant last year dubbed “The Two Cars and a Boat” bill won final legislative approval Tuesday.
House passage of Senate Bill 2808 put the measure on track for a signature from a governor who last year …
Originally Posted on DeSoto Times-Tribune
Marco Illig, Executive Vice President of Operations for FEUER Powertrain North America, Inc., in Robinsonville, calls DeSoto County home, making the short commute to the continental headquarters for his global company that cranks out more than three million crank shafts a year in his native Germany …
Original Posted on DeSoto Times-Tribune
The DeSoto County School District officially took the wraps off its newest learning facility in a ribbon-cutting event for the new Career Technology Center-West located on Kuykendall Lane off Interstate Blvd. and south of Goodman Road in Horn Lake Thursday morning.
The building, worth about $12 …
Originally Posted on The Dispatch
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State University launched a new branding campaign Tuesday that will promote the university as a leading research institution and attempt to attract a higher level of students and faculty.
The “We Ring True” campaign will aim to raise awareness of the university’s strengths …
Originally Posted on DeSoto Times-Tribune
In an effort to promote a growing business climate in the state of Mississippi, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office has initiated a website titled, “YallBusiness.”
Called “the first step toward your successful Mississippi business,” Y’all Business provides information Hosemann’s office hopes will help entice firms …
Originally Posted on Arkansas News
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Department of Workforce Services said Tuesday it has awarded more than $4 million to Arkansas Community Colleges to support work-based training programs.
The money is provided through the agency’s Arkansas Sector Partnership initiative, which is supported by a U.S. Department of …
Just in time for Back to School, Entergy is working to ensure that Louisiana’s future is bright.
Phillip May, president of Entergy Louisiana, recently presented a $250,000 check to be split between Teach For America-South Louisiana and City Year — two groups working together to close the opportunity gap in schools …