Ingalls to receive $45 million from Mississippi state taxpayers

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Nice shot in the arm for company’s work on the Navy’s destroyers and amphibious assault ships as well as the National Security Cutters for the Coast Guard.

One of the nation’s biggest shipyards is about to get another handout from Mississippi taxpayers, paid for with borrowed money. Ingalls Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of Huntington Ingalls Industries, will receive $45 million this year from taxpayers if Gov. Phil Bryant signs House Bill 1729 into …

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