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New data system yields helpful info
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,05/08/14-3:17PM , 189 Reads
MERIDIAN — The first special report from Mississippi LifeTracks has been published.

What, you may be asking, is Mississippi LifeTracks?

It’s a newly established, robust statewide integrated longitudinal education and workforce data system.

Right. So what is it really?
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State outside the juco spotlight
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,04/24/14-1:00PM , 115 Reads
MERIDIAN — President Obama last week announced the fourth and final installment of his $2 billion workforce development fund benefitting community colleges. Colleges and consortia of colleges, working closely with industry, can compete for $450 million to create career training paths for high-wage, high-skill jobs.
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Senate race: contrast in priorities
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,04/17/14-6:06PM , 77 Reads
MERIDIAN — History shows that our Founding Fathers struggled to determine how states should be represented in Congress.
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Neglect impairs roads
By BILL CRAWFORD - Contributing Columnist
Thu,04/10/14-3:36PM , 110 Reads
MERIDIAN — Competent leaders seeking to sustain quality of life and spur economic growth appreciate the importance of physical infrastructure.

The American Society of Civil Engineers grades physical infrastructure in each state annually. In 2012, Mississippi grades were:

• Dams and levees — D.
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