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Jimmie E. Gates, The Clarion-Ledger Published 6:30 p.m. CT Aug. 20, 2017 | Updated 8:57 p.m. CT Aug. 20, 2017 Approximately 734 new homes in Madison County helped increase the county's property tax roll by 4.3 percent, or $70 million, for 2017. “We’ve seen incredible...

Katie Eubanks, The Clarion-Ledger Published 4:00 a.m. CT Aug. 13, 2017 | Updated 7:03 p.m. CT Aug. 14, 2017 Lauren McGraw hands me a large hose. She's dressed, coiffed and made up for her cover shot, but the muck boots give her away. McGraw shows me how to use the...

A Madison County business has partnered with a Starkville business to launch a new product built on the success of their respective brands. Leisha Pickering established Musee Bath LLC, in Madison County in the summer of 2011. She began selling her handcrafted bath...

Wed, 08/16/2017 - 3:00pm The Bozeman Road widening project will soon be in the design phase, meaning the two-lane north-south corridor is slowly making its way to becoming four-laned. Recently, Madison County hired Neel Schaffer for design services.  “It’s from...

CANTON — U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker toured T1 Telehealth here Tuesday in an effort to explore future opportunities to open telehealth access points throughout the state. “Mississippi is one of our nation’s telehealth pioneers. Our leadership comes from years of work to...

By MICHAEL SIMMONS, Madison County Journal Wednesday, August 16, 2017 6:00 PM   MADISON — A new Starbucks and C Spire store that will be located off Highway 463 were among a host of commercial and residential plans approved by the Board of Aldermen on Tuesday....

Posted by: Jack Weatherly in Economic Development, MBJ FEATURE, NEWS August 4, 2017 By JACK WEATHERLY Traffic goes with growth. Ridgeland’s population has more than doubled since 1990 – reaching nearly 25,000 –while the Madison County’s estimated 2016 population...

Nell Luter Floyd, Clarion-Ledger correspondent Published 12:12 a.m. CT July 25, 2017 | Updated 11:52 a.m. CT July 25, 2017 Hobby Lobby and Academy Sports + Outdoors are the first retailers announced for Crawford Farms, a 38-acre development under way in Madison. “Both...

Posted by: For the MBJ in Economic Development, NEWS August 11, 2017   Dr. Mimmo Parisi I t’s no surprise that the union vote at Nissan’s manufacturing facility in Canton generated national headlines. This coverage culminated last week when workers voted 2,244 to...

MADISON COUNTY, MS (Mississippi News Now) - Nissan employees voted Friday to reject the United Auto Workers (UAW) effort to unionize the Canton plant by nearly a 2-to-1 margin. The NLRB conducted election tally was 2244 to 1307, opposing the UAW. "With this vote, the...