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Opinion: Dropouts still can be successful
Wed,09/21/22-5:34PM , 2,008 Reads 24,691 Statewide
The Washington Post website runs a regular column it calls the “Department of Data.” This week the department explored two interesting topics related to education and the workplace.
One looked at the highest-paying jobs for college dropouts, which reporter Andrew Van Dam noted accounts for 14.5% of the American work force.
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Broadband access is spreading fast
Mon,09/19/22-9:46PM , 3,650 Reads 35,619 Statewide
When people say getting broadband to rural America today is akin to bringing electricity to these areas in the 1930s, it’s a bit of an exaggeration.
Living without electricity meant using candles or kerosene lamps for light. It meant using blocks of ice for refrigeration. It meant being completely miserable in the heat of summer.
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State has interest in Jackson’s water
Fri,09/16/22-8:04PM , 1,273 Reads 31,548 Statewide
As we have said before, all of Mississippi has a stake in the well-being of the state’s capital city.
Jackson is the only municipality in this state of any size. North Mississippi may be able to piggyback off of Memphis, but for the rest of the state, how well it does depends in part on how well Jackson does.
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Opinion: America makes a lot of things already
Thu,09/15/22-6:46PM , 4,310 Reads 21,727 Statewide
President Biden often talks about reviving American manufacturing jobs. He brags that “Make It In America” is not just a slogan for his administration; it’s a reality.
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