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Hood: State of emergency does not prompt price-gauging law

MBJ Staff — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:52:12 +0000

JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has released a statement informing Mississippians included in the designated emergency impact area created by Issac that the current state of emergency does not allow his office to enforce the price gouging statute. “A state of emergency alone does not establish our ability to enforce the price gouging statute,” [...]

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Cochran supports FEMA’s work on flood maps

Wally Northway — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:23:57 +0000

WASHINGTON — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is encouraged by progress by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish an independent review process that communities can use to contest flood map disputes. FEMA briefed congressional offices on the parameters of its plan to create a Flood Map Scientific Resolution Panel system for communities to appeal [...]

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