by MBJ Staff Published: April 15,2012
Tags: Capitol Street Associates, Clinton Mississippi, Cushman & Wakefield, Democrat, Department of Finance and Administration, Gov. Haley Barbour, House of Representatives, Jackson Mississippi, Kevin Upchurch, Landmark Center, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Philip Gunn, Sen. David Blount, Tom Weathersby
Sticking it to your neighbor can be a gratifying exercise for some Mississippi legislators — especially when they aren’t personally writing the checks that cover the cost of the sticking. Which brings us to the sticking leaders of the Mississippi House of Representatives gave Jackson and the state’s taxpayers on April 3, the last day [...] [...]

by Ted Carter Published: February 26,2012
Tags: Attorney General Jim Hood, Democrat, foreclosure, Geoff Greenwood, GOP, Gov. Phil Bryant, Maine, Mick Bullock, Mississippi Mississippi Business Journal, Missouri, National Mortgage Settlement, republican, robo-signing, Tom Miller, Wisconsin
Mississippi legislators will be the deciders in how to use a $14.2 million direct payment from a $25 billion national mortgage fraud settlement. Attorney General Jim Hood hopes legislators will allocate the money for such things as housing counseling, mortgage-education efforts and for programs to guide victimized homeowners through the settlement process. He concedes, however, [...] [...]
by Marty Wiseman Published: February 12,2012
Tags: and polarize it, Chicago, Democracy, Democrat, Donald Trump, freeze it, Have-Nots, Haves, Marty Wiseman, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mitt Romney, New York elite, Newt Gingrich, personalize it, Pick a target, President Barack Obama, republican, Reveille for Radicals, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals, Saul Alinsky, socialist-free democracy, Washington elite
“Fascinating” is certainly one way to describe Newt Gingrich’s continuous invocation of the name of famed community organizer Saul Alinsky in his effort to hang a derogatory label on President Barack Obama. Given Gingrich’s penchant for shooting from the hip (lip?) when it comes to political rhetoric one or two references to Alinsky could be [...] [...]

by Clay Chandler Published: February 12,2012
Tags: Chancellor Denise Owens, Democrat, Department of Revenue, Derrick Surrette, Ed Morgan, Finance Committee, Gov. Phil Bryant, Haley Barbour, HATTIESBURG, Hinds County Chancery Court, House Ways and Means Chairman, Joe Bloun, Joey Fillingane, Land Appraisal Manual, MAS, Mississippi, Mississippi Association of Supervisors, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Municipal League, Moss Point, Newton, Percy Watson, Politics, republican, Section 42, Sen. Terry Burton, Senate Finance Committee, State Tax Commission, Sumrall, Tommy Robertson
A key hearing this week in Hinds County Chancery Court could go a long way toward changing how tax assessors calculate the tax liability for Section 42 Housing Developments. The Mississippi Association of Supervisors, the Mississippi Municipal League and dozens of towns and cities have sued the Department of Revenue, in an attempt to force [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Democrat, Dolphus Weary, Gov. Phil Bryant, Jackson Mississippi, Johnny Dupree, Mission Mississippi, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Racism, Red Tails, republican
Gov. Phil Bryant was quick to lay blame at the feet of the national and statewide media for Mississippi’s poor race-relations image at the recent Mission Mississippi Governor’s Prayer Luncheon. Bryant said that the national media must have been champing at the bit to see if he, a white Republican, and Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, [...] [...]

by Associated Press Published: December 20,2011
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JACKSON — Allowing oil and gas drilling 10 to 12 miles south of Mississippi’s coastline in the Gulf of Mexico is a good idea because it could generate state revenue, Gov. Haley Barbour said Tuesday. The Mississippi Development Authority on Monday published proposed regulations to lease state waters in the Gulf for the drilling. The [...] [...]

by Associated Press Published: December 8,2011
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JACKSON — The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the mayor of Mississippi’s third largest city who was already ordered by state officials to pay more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling and other personal expenses billed to taxpayers. >> SEE MBJ COLUMNIST NANCY ANDERSON’S COLUMN ON DAVIS Southaven Mayor Greg Davis had already [...] [...]

by Associated Press Published: December 5,2011
Tags: Atticus Finch, Bill Minor, Bill Waller, Byron De La Beckwith, Carroll Waller, David Sansing, Democrat, Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, Gov. William Waller Sr, Hinds County, JACKSON, Jim Walters, Lafayette County, Lewis Younger, Medgar Evers, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Governor's Mansion, Mississippi Supreme Court, National Historic Landmark, National Park Service, R.O. Williams, To Kill a Mockingbird, University of Mississippi, William Waller Jr
JACKSON — Former Mississippi Gov. William Waller Sr. was remembered Saturday as a transformative figure who helped the state move beyond its segregationist politics during his tenure from 1972 to 1976. More than 1,000 people attended Waller’s funeral at First Baptist Church in downtown Jackson. Hundreds more streamed through the Capitol rotunda earlier in the [...] [...]
PASCAGOULA — Ingalls Shipbuilding has begun construction on LPD 26, the Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship. The Mississippi Press reports the vessel is named for U.S. Rep. John P. Murtha, the long-serving Pennsylvania Democrat who died in February 2010. Murtha also spent time in the U.S. Marine Corps. In April, the shipyard in Pascagoula was [...] [...]

Trying to make a difference Clarksdale lawyer has already done it in his hometown Bill Luckett is an attorney who splits his time between Clarksdale and Jackson. With business partner, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman, Luckett owns Ground Zero Blues Club and Madidi restaurant. He attended the University of Virginia before earning a law degree from [...] [...]