Mississippi Business Journal » Arizona immigration law http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Read September 10 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/09/read-september-10-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-september-10-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/09/read-september-10-issue-of-mbj/#comments Sun, 09 Sep 2012 06:01:22 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=62406 >> EMPIRE CRUMBLES Full coverage of Tri-State Brick & Tile’s topple from the wall— by Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >>OUTDOORS Researchers at MSU to examine possible Tanglefoot development by Clay Chandler >> BEER Lucky Town Brewing Co. agrees to terms with contract brewer by Clay Chandler >> FACEBOOK Cities turning to social [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/09/read-september-10-issue-of-mbj/feed/ 0 Attorney general mulls legality of illegal worker felony charge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/22/attorney-general-mulls-legality-of-illegal-worker-felony-charge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attorney-general-mulls-legality-of-illegal-worker-felony-charge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/22/attorney-general-mulls-legality-of-illegal-worker-felony-charge/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:01:58 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=59959 Attorney General Jim Hood is studying whether the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s immigration law killed part of a Mississippi statute that made it a felony for an illegal immigrant to work in the state. Hood said early last week he “did not know” for certain whether the June 25 Arizona ruling nullified the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/22/attorney-general-mulls-legality-of-illegal-worker-felony-charge/feed/ 0 Read July 23 issue of MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/20/read-july-23-issue-of-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-july-23-issue-of-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/20/read-july-23-issue-of-mbj/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:43:33 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=59944 >> ARIZONA KNOCKOUT? Hood mulls legality of subjecting illegal workers to felony charge— By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> HEALTH CARE Insurance commissioner insists exchange work continuing on pace— by Ted Carter >> PANTHER SWAMP PANIC Refuge expansion proposal causing panic— by Clay Chandler >> LAW State law bar approves appellate law section [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/20/read-july-23-issue-of-mbj/feed/ 0 Bryant unsure of migrant labor crackdown’s economic costs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/bryant-unsure-of-migrant-labor-crackdown%e2%80%99s-economic-costs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bryant-unsure-of-migrant-labor-crackdown%25e2%2580%2599s-economic-costs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/04/bryant-unsure-of-migrant-labor-crackdown%e2%80%99s-economic-costs/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:01:54 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=53331 Gov. Phil Bryant says he has no idea what the costs would be to Mississippi’s agricultural sector if a tough anti-immigration law caused undocumented immigrants to leave the state en masse as they have in Georgia and Alabama. While Georgia and Alabama sustained serious economic losses from crops that went un-harvested after the workers left, [...]

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