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TEC lowers long distance rates for residences, businesses

MBJ Staff — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:40:06 +0000

BAY SPRINGS — TEC has decreased its residential and business non-day long distance rates by 17 percent. The rate decrease is retroactive to May 1. “As part of our vision, TEC’s focus is to make a positive impact on our customers, our employees and our community,” said Joey F. Garner, executive vice president of TEC. [...]

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City, county earn better fire insurance rating

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:01:31 +0000

MONTICELLO and LAWRENCE COUNTY — Monticello and Lawrence County have achieved new fire insurance ratings. Officials tell the Daily Leader the city has new rating of six and the county had an eight. The ratings came from the state. Monticello Fire Department Capt. Jared Evans says a class six rating will lower insurance costs to [...]

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Corps gets additional funding for flood control repairs

MBJ Staff — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:48:22 +0000

VICKSBURG — The Vicksburg District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently received an additional $140 million in funding from the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act. These funds will be used toward 81 Mississippi Rivers and Tributaries (MR&T) projects affected by the historic 2011 flood. The District developed a list of projects that will benefit from [...]

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MEMA releases damage report from weekend storms

MBJ Staff — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:37 +0000

MISSISSIPPI DELTA — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has received preliminary reports of damages from three counties due to severe weather that moved through the state Sunday night and Monday morning. At least one injury was reported in Bolivar County. Initial damage reports by county are as follows: • Bolivar — Several homes damaged, trees [...]

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Insurers will pay $32B for weather-related losses in 2011

MBJ Staff — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:01:27 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Insurance companies will pay more than $32 billion in claims to help people rebuild homes and businesses damaged or destroyed by natural disasters in 2011, a record year for federal disaster declarations, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). “Catastrophes striking the United States in the first nine months of 2011 caused [...]

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City officials lobbying for change in flood codes

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:50:20 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Pascagoula officials are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain codes at hunting and fishing camps so they can qualify for the National Flood Insurance Program. City attorney Eddie Williams tells the Mississippi Press the change is required because the state’s exemption on such properties [...]

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Proposed landfill divides community

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:20:42 +0000

MADISON COUNTY — Homeowner Sylvia Thomas calls a proposed landfill in Madison County an “environmental injustice.” George French, a consultant for local businesses, calls it an economic development necessity. The Clarion-Ledger reported the two were among about 80 residents from Madison and Hinds counties attending a public hearing at Tougaloo College sponsored by the Mississippi [...]

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Proposed landfill divides community

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:35:12 +0000

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Deadline extended for LLCs to register under new state law

MBJ Staff — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:00:38 +0000

JACKSON — The State Legislature implemented a new law requiring Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) to file an annual report with the Secretary of State’s Office or face administrative dissolution. This is the first year LLCs are required to file an annual report with the Agency. “The annual report provides much-needed transparency in who and what [...]

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City raises landlords’ fees, fines for noncompliance

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:27:40 +0000

TUPELO — Tupelo landlords have been sent letters informing them of a new ordinance that will raise their business costs starting Jan. 1 and what fines they face if they don’t comply. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports 750 rental property owners received the letter, a registration form and new fee schedule. The new ordinance [...]

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