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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Hello, Mr. President, can you hear me now?

Ross Reily — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:57:02 +0000

My kids, all three of them, are really big fans of President Obama. It has nothing to do with their political affiliation, mind you, considering they are all 8 and under. My 7- and 8-year-olds got to meet him and shake his hand when he was running for president back in ’08, and, from then [...]

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It will be ideas that solve problems created by new technology

MBJ Staff — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:52:38 +0000

The Associated Press recently moved a provocative series about the changing landscape for jobs in the United States. It made a good case that middle-class jobs eliminated by technology and the recession aren’t coming back. This is not the first time to hear such dire warnings. Imagine the fuss in the horse carriage industry 100 [...]

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AP hires Tillman

MBJ Staff — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:01:07 +0000

The Associated Press has named Laura Tillman as a legislative relief reporter in Mississippi. She holds a degree from Vassar College and worked as a reporter for the Brownsville Herald in Texas, covering politics, immigration, public safety and hurricanes among other assignments. Later, she launched a freelance writing career. Tillman’s assignment runs through the 2012 [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Big questions for Kemper County coal plant come down to who knew what and when

MBJ Staff — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:29:31 +0000

In May of 2010 we wrote, “For better or worse, the economic future for the next 40 years in southeastern Mississippi will be greatly impacted by the decision of Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. “ Justices with the Mississippi Supreme Court may be asking now how he came to his decision when he changed his [...]

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Justices: Kemper County coal plant case is not about coal

Amy McCullough — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:16:16 +0000

>> KEMPER COUNTY CLEAN COAL PLANT HEARD BEFORE STATE SUPREME COURT JACKSON — Three Mississippi Supreme Court justices say that so far, they can’t find the evidence that state regulators used to justify their decision to allow Mississippi Power Company to build a $2.4 billion clean coal plant under construction in Kemper County. If the [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Rate increase of 11.35 percent just the beginning in regard to Kemper

MBJ Staff — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:22:35 +0000

It was only a matter of time before Mississippi Power Company started raising the rates on its customers to pay for the $2.88 billion Kemper County coal plant. So, last week MPC filed documents with state regulators — the Public Service Commission — for a requested rate increase of 11.35 percent. The Commission has the [...]

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Supreme court will hear Kemper Coal Plant arguments

MBJ Staff — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:18:33 +0000

The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments from the Sierra Club challenging the state Public Service Commission’s approval of the project in Kemper County by Mississippi Power Co. Mississippi Power has started construction of the $2.4 billion coal plant. Oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 14. The suit was filed and heard in Harrison County [...]

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Amy joining AP

MBJ Staff — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:00:59 +0000

Jeffrey Amy, who has covered Southern politics and business for several news organizations, will join the Associated Press in Jackson as a reporter. In Jackson, Amy will cover the business and the economy in Mississippi, education, and demographics and poverty. Most recently, Amy was a reporter at the Mobile Press-Register, where he covered the Alabama [...]

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Choctaw tribe’s deals focus of FBI, chief says

Associated Press — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:22:32 +0000

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. — Mississippi Choctaw Indians Chief Beasley Denson says media reports earlier this month that an FBI search of tribal records includes those related to the Choctaws’ relationship to an Atlanta management company are true. Denson told The Clarion-Ledger on Tuesday that the search warrant presented the tribe by FBI agents on July 12 [...]

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