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Why COVID-19 could drive increased industry consolidation

Market research firm Memoori predicts that through 2020 and the first six months of 2021, the consequences of COVID-19 will give rise to a higher volume of acquisitions and a slightly higher value than they had previously forecast in 2019.(Image courtesy...

How long will Maryland feel the economic hit of Covid-19?

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WBFF) — Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot is predicting the economic fallout from the coronavirus will continue for at least the next few months. It comes more than one month after Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued a “stay at home”...

Mississippi businesses to begin reopening this week

News 3 – by: Quametra Wilborn Posted: May 10, 2020 / 04:09 PM CDT / Updated: May 10, 2020 / 05:43 PM CDT WREG – SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — Businesses across northern Mississippi will begin to reopen as state health officials continue to...

Analysis: Legislative Session Moves Quickly, With Less Input

Members of the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee, some wearing masks and other not, listen to testimony by state commissioner of administration Jay Dardenne, in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, May 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The...