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Owl’s Head Alloys investing $29 million in Clay County processing facility
By FRANK CORDER - MAGNOLIA TRIBUNE
Sat,03/23/24-12:31PM , 589 Reads 7,232 Statewide
The Mississippi Development Authority announced on Thursday that aluminum processing company Owl’s Head Alloys is locating operations in Clay County.

MDA says the project is a $29.245 million corporate investment that will create 68 new jobs in the area.

The company will supply recycled aluminum to Aluminum Dynamics.
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Fisackerly: AWS is a win for Mississippi and Entergy customers
By HALEY FISACKERLY, ENTERGY MISSISSIPPI PRESIDENT & CEO
Sat,03/23/24-12:15PM , 598 Reads 7,270 Statewide
Below is an opinion column by Haley Fisackerly:

Entergy Mississippi’s Haley Fisackerly says bringing a large company like Amazon Web Services to Mississippi not only creates new job opportunities, but bill reduction opportunities as well.
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EDITORIAL: Company is coming, let's clean up downtown
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Sat,03/23/24-3:00AM , 829 Reads
Spring is here and the Clarksdale’s blues festival season will kick off with the Juke Joint Festival in about 30 days. And the festivals keep coming as we head into the hot, Delta summer.
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Senate leaders offer "Expansion Light" that would cover less but avoid Governor's veto
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Fri,03/22/24-6:00PM , 1,302 Reads
Senate leaders this week were trying to drum up votes for a Medicaid “expansion light” proposal that would cover far fewer uninsured Mississippians — about 49,000 less — than a House-passed bill and would leave hundreds of millions of federal dollars on the table.
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