by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: contract, county, court, debris, decision, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, government, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kickback, natural disastyer, rain, ruling, sentence, storm, storm surge, tropical, Weather, wind
BAY ST. LOUIS — A former Hancock County road department manager and his wife and brothers have been sentenced to prison in a Hurricane Katrina kickback case. The Sea Coast Echo reports U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden in Gulfport sentenced Roger Ladner, the former road manager, to five years during a hearing yesterday. Ladner also [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 13,2012
Tags: bench, clleanup, conflict of interest, contract, court, crime, criminal, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kickback, natural disaster, storm, tropical
BAY ST. LOUIS — A former Hancock County road department manager and his wife and brothers are scheduled for sentencing today in the Hurricane Katrina kickback case. Prosecutors say Roger Ladner was given the authority to award millions of dollars in ditch-cleaning contracts after Katrina. Some allegedly went to his relatives with a portion of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 12,2012
Tags: city, commission, contract, elected official, election, ethics, government, mayor, municipal, municipality, political campaign, politician, Politics, public official, unethical, vote, voter, Voting
OCEAN SPRINGS — The executive director of the Mississippi Ethics Commission says Ocean Springs Mayor Connie Moran did not violate the state’s ethics code when she accepted a campaign contribution from a businessman whose company has a contract with the city. The Sun Herald reports the $10,000 contribution was questioned during the Dec. 4 Board [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: bench, city, cleanup, contract, contractor, court, debris, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, government, hurricane, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural disaster, rain, severe, storm, storm surge, tropical, Weather, wind
WAVELAND — A lawsuit against Waveland filed by a contractor who claimed the city owes it $1.36 million for post-Hurricane Katrina cleanup work has been dismissed. The Sea Coast Echo reports according to paperwork filed in Hancock County Circuit Court, T.C.B. Construction of Poplarville and city agreed to dismiss the suit. T.C.B. sued the city [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2012
Tags: bioenergy, construction, contract, contractor, county, elecvtricity, energy, fuel, government, green, infrastructure, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, power, production, REFINERY, sewer, sustainable
NATCHEZ — Adams County supervisors have approved a $522,673 to relocate a sewer line on the former Belwood County Club property, the future site of KiOR’s Natchez alternative fuel production facility. The Natchez Democrat reports the contract went to T.L. Wallace Construction. Board Attorney Scott Slover said the bid was approximately $180,000 below the county’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 29,2012
Tags: contract, economic development, minority, minority-owned business, online, registry, state agency, supplier, women, women-owned business
JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) has launched the Mississippi Minority Business Registry, a resource for businesses and public entities looking for prospective suppliers or contractors that can meet their procurement needs. The new registry can be accessed online at www.mmbr.org. A component of MDA’s Diversity in Contracting initiative, which focuses on increasing minority- [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 29,2012
Tags: architect, architecture, arena, city, community development, concert, contract, feasibility, government, municipal, municipality, sports, study
JACKSON — A Mississippi consulting firm will conduct a study to determine the feasibility for the city of Monroe, La., to construct a new arena with the possibility of a four-star hotel near it. The News-Star reports the city council approved the $95,000 contract with Jackson-based M3A Architecture to allow the consulting firm to begin [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 28,2012
Tags: accident, contract, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel, gasoline, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restuarant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The Obama administration put a temporary stop to new federal contracts with British oil company BP today, citing the company’s “lack of business integrity” and criminal proceedings stemming from the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. The action by the Environmental Protection Administration won’t affect current contracts, but prevents BP and its [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 20,2012
Tags: bill, contract, elected official, election, ethical, ethics, fine, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, penalty, Politics, public, public official, resign, resignation, unethical
BRANDON — A five-year Mississippi House member has resigned and agreed to pay a $10,000 fine to resolve an ethics case the state brought against him over public contracts that went to his family’s printing company — a fraction of the amount he originally was ordered to pay. Republican Rep. Kevin McGee, 42, of Brandon, [...] [...]
JACKSON — Hank Bounds will get at least four more years as the head of Mississippi’s public university system. The College Board voted unanimously to extend Bounds’ contract as commissioner of higher education. Bounds had about 18 months remaining on his original four-year contract signed in 2009. “It was simply a vote of confidence in [...] [...]
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