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MDA says it will meet HUD’s requirement for jobs at port

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:57:42 +0000

GULFPORT — The Mississippi Development Authority intends for 51 percent of new jobs at the state port to be filled by low- to moderate-income residents. But the agency never said current jobs would meet that goal. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has raised concerns over job numbers. The Sun Herald reports MDA [...]

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Governor, MDA leading mission trips to Brazil, Chile

MBJ Staff — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:15 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant and representatives from the Mississippi Development Authority will lead a delegation of Mississippi companies on a business development mission to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Sept. 9-13. MDA will also host a preceding business development mission to Chile from Sept. 5-7. The trips are designed to connect [...]

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Trial begins over handling of Russian poultry exports

Associated Press — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:36:18 +0000

PASCAGOULA — The trial has begun for two men charged with falsifying temperatures of poultry exported from Pascagoula to Russia. Court records say a jury was seated yesterday in U.S. District Court in Gulfport for 39-year-old Gerald Miller of Gautier and 55-year-old Patrick McClain of Pascagoula. A third man, 38-year-old Terry White of Ocean Springs, [...]

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LNG facility hoping to begin exporting natural gas

Associated Press — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:02:57 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Big changes may be coming for Gulf LNG, the liquefied natural gas terminal that has two huge storage tanks on the horizon south of Pascagoula. The owners want to begin exporting natural gas. It would be quite the turnaround for the $1.1-billion terminal built more than two years ago to import the super-chilled [...]

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Corps asked to conduct study on proposed port channel

Associated Press — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:50:51 +0000

GULFPORT — The Port of Gulfport is asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of a 47-foot-deep ship channel in Gulfport. The Sun Herald reports the corps will take public comment on the proposed study at a meeting May 21 in Gulfport. The port’s request to deepen the 20-mile ship channel [...]

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Sentencing rescheduled for man in Russian poultry case

Associated Press — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:46:23 +0000

GULFPORT — A plea hearing has been rescheduled for a man indicted in an alleged conspiracy to falsify the temperatures of chicken exported from Mississippi to Russia. The Sun Herald reports U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola Jr. set a new plea date of May 20 for Terry White. White is one of three men indicted [...]

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Guilty plea expected in trial over exported Russian chicken

Associated Press — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:43:02 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Court records say a man is expected to plead guilty in an alleged conspiracy to falsify the temperatures of chicken exported from Mississippi to Russia. The April 2012 indictment says Gerald Miller, Patrick McLain and Terry White arranged the export of chicken that did not meet temperature requirements under a trade agreement with [...]

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Senator backs bill aimed at streamlining natural gas exports

MBJ Staff — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:16:03 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is co-sponsoring legislation to broaden natural gas exports to U.S. allies in order to advance American national security interests. The Expedited LNG for American Allies Act of 2013 (S.192) would require the secretary of energy to allow approve exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), [...]

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MDA leading trade mission to two European countries

MBJ Staff — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:28:44 +0000

JACKSON — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) will lead a business development mission to Germany and Poland from May 20-24. MDA invites Mississippi business representatives to participate in the trip, which is designed to connect Mississippi companies looking to expand trade and create business relationships with opportunities in the two markets. “MDA has established contacts [...]

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Trial delayed in poultry exporting fraud case

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:39:44 +0000

GULFPORT — Trial has been delayed for three men accused of falsifying temperatures of poultry exported to Russia from Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports 38-year-old Terry White, of Ocean Springs, 39-year-old Gerald Miller, of Gautier, and 55-year-old Patrick McClain, of Pascagoula, were set for trial this week in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. They are [...]

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