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Tony Jeff on Angel Investing in Mississippi

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On Tue, 07/27/2021 - 7:30 PM
Innovate Mississippi CEO Tony Jeff has helped raise $17 million in seed money for startups over the last three years and there's more to come, Jeff told the Rotary Club of North Jackson.
Innovate Mississippi has created an "angel investor" network of startups, mentor and investors to fuel growth in Mississippi's technology sector.
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Tony Jeff on Angel Investing in Mississippi

By Wyatt Emmerich, 252 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 7:12 PM
Innovate Mississippi is a non-profit designed to bring together entrepreneurs, investors and business mentors to grow the technology sector in Mississippi.
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Nick’s Ice House fire ruled accidental

By Haskel Burns, 558 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 5:02 PM
Officials from the State Fire Marshal’s office have ruled that the fire that severely damaged Nick’s Ice House last week was an accident.
Danny Wade, assistant chief of the Hattiesburg Fire Department, said that decision was made on July 23, after the marshal’s staff visited and inspected the dive bar on Hardy Street.
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Governor Tate Reeves delivers the State of the State address on the steps of the State Capitol Tuesday afternoon. Reeves spoke of a better Mississippi through better education, jobs and unity. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Other governors use bully pulpits, incentives to urge vaccination. Where’s Gov. Reeves?

By Geoff Pender - Mississippi Today, 310 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 5:00 PM
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:
As a more virulent strain of COVID-19 rips through states with low vaccination rates, many governors are using their megaphones and-or state resources to urge residents to get inoculated and overcome vaccine hesitancy and misinformation.
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Head of medical marijuana association predicts law will pass

By Wyatt Emmerich, 370 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 3:12 PM
The head of the state's medical marijuana association thinks there's an eighty percent chance of getting a law passed this year in a special session.
"I'm an optimist, so I say eighty or ninety percent," said Ken Newberger, executive director of the Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association.
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The state's defined benefit pension system got a massive boost from the stock market in fiscal 2020.

Preliminary data shows PERS had massive 30 percent investment returns in fiscal 2020

By Steve Wilson, 326 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 2:42 PM
According to preliminary data, the state's defined benefit pension system had its second-best year in investment income, a boost that will greatly help the flailing fund's bottom line.
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Court of Appeals Decisions - July 27, 2021

By Press Release - Mississippi Court of Appeals, 64 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 2:24 PM
Listed below are the Mississippi Court of Appeals decisions for July 27, 2021:
Emfinger, John H., J.
X 2020-CA-00963-COA
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Parchman prison. Jan. 10, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Mississippi Department of Corrections cancels prison visitation to prevent spread of COVID

By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 333 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 1:42 PM
Visitation at all Mississippi Department of Corrections prisons has been suspended, Commissioner Burl Cain said in an internal memo Monday.
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Taylor announces electric vehicle innovation powered by the best-in-class battery Technology by Proterra

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On Tue, 07/27/2021 - 1:36 PM
From press reports Taylor Machine Works, Inc. has always been at the forefront of innovation and problem solving throughout its 94 years of manufacturing.
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Petal polls to open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Aug. 5 for 3-cent election

By Haskel Burns, 451 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 12:47 PM
The polls in Petal will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. August 5 for the special election that will determine whether to institute an additional 3 percent sales tax at restaurants in the Friendly City.
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