<p><span>Mississippi still has 18,000 fewer jobs now than it did before the recession. That&rsquo;s according to a new report called the State of Working Mississippi 2016. The report also found African Americans are particularly affected by economic challenges in Mississippi when they hit. Father Fred Kammer is director of the Jesuit Social Research Institute at Loyola University -- which published the report. He tells MPB&#39;s Evelina Burnett working families are finding it harder to find economic security.</span></p>
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