by Associated Press Published: December 19,2012
Tags: city, city council, compensate, compensation, councilman, government, municipal, municipality, pay, salary
PASCAGOULA — The Pascagoula City Council has approved a new approach to determine the salaries for city employees to go into effect in 2013. The Sun Herald reports the new plan will base salary off of the jobs’ values rather than the people fulfilling those positions. In a study that compared Pascagoula’s city employees’ salaries [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 21,2012
Tags: bill, compensation, education, educator, executive, governor, law, lawmaker, legislative, Legislature, public education, salary, school, school district, state government, supplemental salary, teacher, teaching
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — If Gov. Phil Bryant depends on supplemental salaries paid by local school boards to finance his performance pay plan for teachers, it will vary widely from district to district. The supplemental pay local school districts provide teachers — on top of their standardized state salaries — ranges from a high of $7,575 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 3,2012
Tags: compensation, federal government, investing, investor, law, lawmakers, legislative, scam, scheme, senators
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is supporting a legal appeal to try to overturn a federal court ruling that would deny compensation to victims of the multi-billion fraud perpetrated by the Stanford Financial Group. Cochran is one of 14 senators who have signed a letter encouraging Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the Securities and [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2012
Tags: community development, compensation, economic development, executive, governor, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, private sector, public sector, salary, state agency, state government
JACKSON — Private donors could again boost the salary of Mississippi’s state economic development director, under a plan that House members sent to Gov. Phil Bryant today. The House agreed to changes that the Senate made in House Bill 1349, allowing donations to increase pay to the chief of the Mississippi Development Authority. Right now, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2012
Tags: bills, community development, compensation, economic development, executive director, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, pay, private sector, public sector, salary, state agency, state government
JACKSON — The Senate has passed a bill to allow the director of the Mississippi Development Authority to be paid with money raised from private entities. The bill does not cap the MDA director’s salary. If the salary exceeds 150 percent of the governor’s salary, only the portion below that amount would be paid with [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2012
Tags: bills, compensation, courts, judges, judicial, judiciary, lawmakers, laws, legislation, legislative, legislators, Legislature, pay, salaries
JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate yesterday gave final approval to a bill that would increase the salaries of judges and prosecutors. The measure would increase the salaries incrementally over four years. Money for the judges’ raises would come from increasing filing fees in civil and appellate courts. Raises for district attorneys and assistant district attorneys [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2012
Tags: compensation, electricity, energy, managers, pay, power, power distribution, power generation, salary, utilities
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Top managers at the Tennessee Valley Authority now make more than members of Congress, who are paid $174,000 annually. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports TVA is paying out nearly $30 million a year more for 155 of its top leaders since Congress removed salary limits at the federal utility in 2004. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 8,2012
Tags: bench, compensation, courts, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, gas, hospitality, judge, judicial, judiciary, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petoleum, restaurants, seafood, tourism, tourists, visitors, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Senate has approved using the bulk of water pollution fines stemming from the 2010 Gulf oil spill to pay for restoration in five Gulf states. The BP oil company could be fined $5.4 billion to $21.1 billion under the Clean Water Act, depending on whether it’s found grossly negligent. The [...] [...]
JACKSON — Judges and prosecutors would get pay raises over four years, under a plan the Mississippi House passed yesterday. Mississippi’s circuit and chancery judges currently make $104,000 a year. The bill would increase their pay in four annual steps to $136,000 a year by 2016. Pay would also increase for district attorneys, appellate judges [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 8,2012
Tags: bench, bill, compensation, courts, judges, judicial branch, judiciary, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, Legislature, pay, raise, salaries, state government
JACKSON — Judges and prosecutors would get pay raises over four years, under a plan the Mississippi House passed yesterday. Mississippi’s circuit and chancery judges currently make $104,000 a year. The bill would increase their pay in four annual steps to $136,000 a year by 2016. Pay would also increase for district attorneys, appellate judges [...] [...]