Unemployment down across South
Unemployment rates were down in December in almost 90 percent of major cities across the country compared to the previous year,...
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Mississippi, South playing catch-up with country
An excerpt from a Better South op-ed in the Mississippi Press on Jan. 3, 2012: “But a recent statistical review by the Center...
read moreRecession’s continuing impact on Southern children
The impact of the recession continues to be felt by America’s children, according to a new Brookings study. In two of three...
read moreAn economic snapshot of the South
Click this link to listen to a conversation about the South’s economy that was aired statewide in South Carolina on SCETV...
read moreNew report highlights “a way forward” for South
A new 220-page report highlights how far the American South has come over the last 25 years, but how far it still has to go. The...
read moreUnemployment rates high in the South
While the price of gasoline seems to be dropping across the United States, the unemployment rate across the South doesn’t seem...
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