by Stephen McDill Published: September 2,2011
Tags: banking and finance, construction, economic development, education, energy, environment, federal government, green tech, Haley Barbour, higher education, Lady Gaga, manufacturing, MDA, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, oil and gas, real estate, recession, special session, state government, transportation
State lawmakers react to a special session that would give $175 million in incentives to green tech industries looking to relocate to Mississippi. [...]
In this week’s MBJ, Wally Northway analyzes the mega Mississippi law merger between Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis and the New Orleans firm of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, LLP. Could it mean a shift in power among law firms in Mississippi? Northway talks to experts around the state. Also in this week’s [...] [...]
LAUREL — The Laurel Leader-Call is changing from seven-day to four-day publication. The newspaper will now publish on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday. Leader-Call editor Rob Sigler says while the newspaper will no longer publish print editions on Monday, Friday and Saturday, news updates, features, sports, photos and video will be provided on the paper’s [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The yield of early-planted rice looks good so far, but only time will tell how seriously the high heat of early August will cut into yields from later-planted fields. Nathan Buehring, rice specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said harvest began in mid-August and will proceed at full speed until [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 2,2011
Tags: bridges, bypasses, highways, infrastructure, ribbon cutting, roadbuilding, roads, streets, transportation, travel
BOONEVILLE — The Mississippi Department of Transportation will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony Sept. 6 at 10 a.m. in Booneville for the completion of the Highway 30 Bypass project. The new bypass will not open to traffic Sept. 6 as the final construction phase is still being completed. The project provides an eight-mile southern bypass [...] [...]
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority has been named for the sixth straight year among Site Selection magazine’s top 10 North American utilities for achievement in economic development. The publication recognizes TVA’s fiscal year 2010 work with power distributors, and regional, state and local partners to help attract or retain more than 41,000 jobs [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 2,2011
Tags: construction, disaster, disaster recovery, education, higher education, hurricanes, natural disaster, severe weather, storms, tropical weather, Weather
LONG BEACH — University of Southern Mississippi officials have broken ground on restoration projects at the Gulf Park campus involving Hardy Hall and Lloyd Hall, both of which were severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina six years ago. Hardy Hall, an $8.7-million construction project, and Lloyd Hall, a $2.3-million construction project, are longtime structures that sustained [...] [...]
TUPELO — Renasant Bank has completed the acquisition of the Birmingham, Ala.-based trust department of RBC Bank (USA), which services clients in Alabama and Georgia. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition by Renasant will not affect the separate trust operations of RBC Wealth Management in the U.S. or RBC Trust Company (Delaware) Limited. Renasant chairman [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Peer Committee has released a Report 552, “An Analysis of Selected Procurement Decisions of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.” According to PEER, in 2009 and 2010 complaints arose about UMMC’s procurement of building automatic controls systems. The complainants believed that because the medical center was a member of the University HealthSystem [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 2,2011
Tags: construction, courts, homes, houses, judiciary, landowners, manufacturing, real estate, residents, zoning
NEW ALBANY — The Mississippi Supreme Court yesterday agreed to hear a dispute from Union County over the construction of an asphalt plant. Riverside Traffic Systems Inc. had contracted to sell 29 acres in New Albany to Memphis-based Lehman-Roberts Co. upon resolution of zoning change. The City of New Albany issued a building permit to [...] [...]
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