Mississippi state Sen. Merle Flowers, R-Southaven, has sponsored the most anti-business bill to be introduce into the Legislature in 20 years.
Mississippi senators recently voted to join Tennessee in allowing handgun-permit holders to carry their guns in most Mississippi parks, as well as restaurants and other locations.
The National Rifle Association-backed legislation, sponsored by Flowers, originally covered [...] [...]
Agriculture in Mississippi is an almost after thought these days in Washington.
Despite the fact that Mississippi farmers lost nearly $500 million last year because of torrential rains and floods, policy makers in Washington do not feel the need to provide aid.
In an exclusive story in today’s Mississippi Business Journal, the agriculture relief backers in the [...] [...]
What a great idea.
While the Mississippi Legislature won’t shrink anytime soon, lawmakers may actually temporarily cut their own pay.
Senators killed a bill last week that proposed reducing the Senate from 52 members to 47 and the House from 122 members to 110, beginning in January 2012.
A short time later, however, the Senate voted 39-2 to [...] [...]
by Contributing Columnist Published: October 19,2009
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Many years ago, a dozen people assembled at the Byram Volunteer Fire Station to discuss the possibility of re-incorporating. The process began.
Word spread, town meetings were held and now, just 13 years later, the re-incorporated City of Byram has emerged. However, many people who followed the process don’t fully understand the necessity of the arduous [...] [...]
The decisions Meridian makes in the next four years will have a lasting impact on the Queen City’s future. A city must have the right priorities to ensure an environment in which people want to live. We must restore a sense of fairness and practicality if we are to have equal levels of opportunity for [...] [...]
by Contributing Columnist Published: September 7,2009
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Madison County Chancery Clerk Arthur Johnston has been on forefront of making public records, specifically court records, transparent for the general public.
That was never more obvious than recently when he and Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. conducted a demonstration of the new electronic court document filing system for Mississippi.
Madison County began accepting [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: July 27,2009
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When some prominent Senate Democrats started fighting a bid by the U.S. catfish industry and its Southern allies on Capitol Hill to impose new inspections on fast-growing Vietnamese imports of the fish, they began undercutting hardworking Mississippians.
Eight senators — including Dick Durbin of Illinois and John Kerry of Massachusetts — warned Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack [...] [...]
by Contributing Columnist Published: August 14,2006
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“The bottom line is that we don’t want people moving into this county,” said the man who stood before a group of 75 residents at a recent public hearing in South Mississippi.
The meeting was about a proposed regional utility district, but his comments illustrate something many community leaders fail to take into consideration when doing [...] [...]
