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Silicor misses another incentive deadline with county

Associated Press — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:27:59 +0000

COLUMBUS — Solar silicon maker Silicor Materials has missed another deadline. The company failed to put up $150,000 in escrow money to show good faith and seal a deal that would have meant hundreds of new jobs to Lowndes County. The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors in December agreed to extend the start date for [...]

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Communities in race with deadline to spend Katrina money

Associated Press — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:40:36 +0000

VICKSBURG — Warren County and Vicksburg want to decide before the end of 2012 on how to spend a remaining $1.75 million in Hurricane Katrina recovery money. The Vicksburg Post reports the money runs out in 2013. The county got $3.8 million in 2008 to clean drainage ditches inside Vicksburg. Warren County was among 49 [...]

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Officials learn facility will not meet start-up deadline

Associated Press — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:39:43 +0000

COLUMBUS — Lowndes County officials say they have been told by Silicor that a metal production and purification facility will not meet its Dec. 31 start date. Lowndes County Administrator Ralph Billingsley tells the Commercial Dispatch the announcement came during a meeting last week. In August, Lowndes County supervisors extended a Sept. 2 starting deadline [...]

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Committees extend deadline in search for university presidents

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:54:55 +0000

CLEVELAND and HATTIESBURG — The board search committees leading the searches for the next presidents of Delta State University and the University of Southern Mississippi have extended the best consideration deadlines for applications and nominations for the positions, according to the State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). The best consideration deadline for the University of [...]

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Trustmark, BancTrust extend merger deadline into 2013

MBJ Staff — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:05:50 +0000

JACKSON — Trustmark Corporation and BancTrust Financial Group Inc. report the definitive agreement dated May 28, 2012, pursuant to which BancTrust would merge into Trustmark, has been amended to accommodate the closing of the merger in early 2013. As such, the latest possible closing date for the merger has been extended from Dec. 31, 2012, [...]

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Lawmakers facing first major deadline for filing bills

Associated Press — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:38:38 +0000

JACKSON — Members of the Mississippi House and Senate are facing their first major deadline of year. Today is the final day for lawmakers to file general bills or constitutional amendments that will be considered during their four-month session. The session started in early January and ends in early May. Bills are already filed on [...]

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PERS Study Commission cannot hit report deadline

MBJ Staff — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:22:16 +0000

JACKSON — The wait for the report from the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) Study Commission will be longer than expected. The Governor’s Office announced the Nov. 15 deadline would be missed. The statement from the governor reads: “Due to the complicated nature of the review of the state Public Employees’ Retirement System, the PERS [...]

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Parties to deal have Dec. 31 deadline to sell GO Zone bonds

Ted Carter — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:00:48 +0000

The clock is winding down on a one-year extension for Gulf Opportunity Zone bonds, the key elements of Jackson’s deal with a private developer to build a convention center hotel. Go Zone bonds and the tax-free opportunity they give bond buyers go away Dec. 31, but representatives from city hotel partner TCI-Investments, an arm of [...]

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