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Florida, Arkansas looking at hybrid approaches to Medicaid expansion

Ted Carter — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:45:43 +0000

As deadlines near for state legislatures to either accept or reject the Obama administration’s offer of billions of dollars to expand Medicaid, the governors of Arkansas and Florida are working to convince their legislatures to accept alternatives routes to expansion. Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott and Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe of Arkansas have presented their [...]

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James Rollins new CEO at BancorpSouth

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:18:30 +0000

TUPELO — James D. Rollins III has been named chief executive officer of BancorpSouth Inc., a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo. Rollins will succeed Aubrey B. Patterson, BancorpSouth’s current CEO, on Tuesday. The 53-year-old Rollins has served as president and chief operating officer at Prosperity Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, since April 2006. [...]

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BP pays $5.4M to settle gender bias claims

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:13:51 +0000

WASHINGTON — Oil giant BP is paying $5.4 million to settle claims that some of its contractors refused to hire women to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. covers female workers in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. [...]

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urges plan for hurricane season

Associated Press — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:12:19 +0000

MIAMI — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants to make sure Americans are prepared for the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. The season begins today and Napolitano will join Federal Emergency Management Agency head Craig Fugate, as well as Florida Gov. Rick Scott to urge those likely to be affected by [...]

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BREAKING NEWS: Brent Christensen named new head of the Mississippi Development Authority

MBJ Staff — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:56:17 +0000

JACKSON — Brent Christensen has been named the new head of the Mississippi Development Authority. Gov. Phil Bryant made the announcement during a press conference at the Marriot Hotel in downtown Jackson. Christensen, who has been the CEO of the Gainesville (Fla.) Area Chamber of Commerce the last 10 years, replaces interim director Jim Barksdale, the [...]

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EastGroup Properties’ profit rises in first quarter of 2012

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:23:40 +0000

JACKSON — EastGroup Properties’ profit rose in the first quarter, but not as much as analysts expected. The real estate investment trust said Thursday that quarterly profit rose to $5.4 million, or 20 cents per share. That’s up 13 percent from $4.8 million, or 18 cents per share, in year-ago quarter. Analysts polled by FactSet [...]

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(UPDATED) PSC wants proposals from MPC, Sierra Club on Kemper plant

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:53:41 +0000

>> SEE UPDATE AS OF THURSDAY MORNING …. KEMPER COUNTY — State utility regulators have asked Mississippi Power Co. and the Sierra Club to submit proposals on how to proceed with the Kemper County coal-fired power plant. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled March 15 that the Public Service Commission failed to lay out its reasoning [...]

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Hurricane Bowl: Long Beach team tops in 5 states

Associated Press — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:02:57 +0000

OCEAN SPRINGS — Long Beach High School students will compete for a national title in ocean science knowledge after beating 21 other teams from five states. Mississippi teams took four of the top five places out of 22 teams from Alabama, the Florida Panhandle, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Officials said it was the biggest group [...]

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Mississippi included in Michael Foods egg recall list

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:15:29 +0000

MINNETONKA, Minn. — A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination. Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states. The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview Farms, Papetti’s, [...]

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Clinical therapist Thomas Pough helps bring sex addiction out of the shadows

Lynn Lofton — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:01 +0000

As a college student, Thomas Pough made the discovery that counseling was for him. A series of positions and moves led him to Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services in Hattiesburg in 1996. An outgrowth of Forrest General Hospital, it’s one of the nation’s most comprehensive treatment centers and Mississippi’s largest. “I’ve always been [...]

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