Gov. touts state econ power

Gov. Phil Bryant touted Mississippi's success as an economic power and a job creator during a stop in Southaven on Dec. 10 - hosted by the DeSoto County Economic Council - as part of his statewide tour of "Mississippi Works". "Good things are happening," he said, referring to job-related growth. Bryant touted the state’s 120 aerospace industries from testing “engines that will put man on Mars someday" regarding work at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County to providing for the nation's most advanced warships built in Pascagoula. Workforce development is critically important, he Bryant. "If we don't have a supply chain coming out of the community colleges we are going to lose." (Source: DeSoto Times Daily, 12/11/14)