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Southern Gaming Summit: Tribal gaming growing in the South

Lisa Monti — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:20:57 +0000

BILOXI — Tribal gaming is expanding in the Southern region of the U.S. with the addition of gaming space, hotels and amenities such as spas, to keep gamblers longer and the casinos profitable for tribe members. Session attendees heard regional reports from Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, North Carolina and Oklahoma Wednesday at the Southern Gaming Summit [...]

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James Rollins new CEO at BancorpSouth

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:18:30 +0000

TUPELO — James D. Rollins III has been named chief executive officer of BancorpSouth Inc., a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo. Rollins will succeed Aubrey B. Patterson, BancorpSouth’s current CEO, on Tuesday. The 53-year-old Rollins has served as president and chief operating officer at Prosperity Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, since April 2006. [...]

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Study: Dispersants may have hurt Gulf food chain

Associated Press — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:57:14 +0000

A study on possible effects of the 2010 BP oil spill indicates dispersants may have killed plankton — some of the ocean’s tiniest plants and creatures — and disrupted the food chain in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the nation’s richest seafood grounds. Scientists who read the study said it points toward major future [...]

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BP pays $5.4M to settle gender bias claims

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:13:51 +0000

WASHINGTON — Oil giant BP is paying $5.4 million to settle claims that some of its contractors refused to hire women to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. covers female workers in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. [...]

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1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed

Associated Press — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:59:38 +0000

WASHINGTON — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge. Young adults with bachelor’s degrees are increasingly scraping by in lower-wage [...]

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Bryant criminalizes Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:53:50 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday signed a law that will put new regulations on the state’s only abortion clinic, starting July 1. The Republican said he’s not bothered by the possibility that the clinic’s owner will sue to try to block the new mandates. “If it closes that clinic, then so be [...]

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Immigration bill eliminates provisions blocked by federal court

Ted Carter — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:18:01 +0000

Mississippi apparently won’t be getting a fully Alabma-style anti-immigration bill — at least not if the state Senate goes along with keeping from the final bill certain provisions removed by the House. The House version passed last Thursday could also keep Mississippi from the legal difficulties Alabama encountered earlier this month when the 11th Circuit [...]

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Mississippi included in Michael Foods egg recall list

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:15:29 +0000

MINNETONKA, Minn. — A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination. Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states. The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview Farms, Papetti’s, [...]

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Mild temps reduce electricity sales for TVA

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:09:58 +0000

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority said a mild winter so far has reduced electricity sales by 5 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year and will cause the utility to reconsider expenditures for the rest of the year. The utility said in a news release on Friday that its first quarterly [...]

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Change on Tap? Beer legislation supporters are being cautiously optimistic

Clay Chandler — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:13 +0000

Lawmakers and grassroots organizers who have unsuccessfully pushed for legislation to modernize Mississippi’s beer and brewing laws are optimistic their efforts stand a better chance of paying off this session. As he has the past few sessions, Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, has filed bills that would increase the state’s alcohol-by-weight limit in beer, [...]

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