Mississippi Business Journal » crimes http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Councilmen repeal convenience store security ordinance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/14/councilmen-repeal-convenience-store-security-ordinance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=councilmen-repeal-convenience-store-security-ordinance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/14/councilmen-repeal-convenience-store-security-ordinance/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:49:49 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52395 JACKSON — The Jackson City Council has reversed course on a law that a majority now agrees is too burdensome on the 24-hour convenience stores it sought to protect. By a 4-0 vote, council members voted yesterday to repeal the law, which required the stores to have a security guard on duty from midnight to [...]

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