April 30, 2021

Kohler Power Announces Significant Plant...

KOHLER, Wis., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — With demand for reliable power escalating throughout the U.S. as a result of homeowners’ dependence on it and an increasing rate of severe weather events, Kohler Power announces a significant capital expansion of home standby generator assembly at its manufacturing site in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.  The company has...

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March 23, 2021

Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Colleagues Urge Administration...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., are among a bipartisan group of 25 Senators who sent a letter that encourages Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Acting Director Rob Fairweather to abandon plans to change the current definition of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)....

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February 17, 2021

Hattiesburg Named #2 in the Nation for Job...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi > Increase in employment: 2.9% > Total employment Feb. 2020: 65,216 > Total employment Nov. 2020: 67,107 > Feb. 2020 unemployment rate: 4.7% > Nov. 2020 unemployment rate: 5.7% > Fastest growing industry: Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (+8.0%) > Labor force increase Feb.-Nov. 2020: +2,721 (+4.0%)...

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