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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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MBJ EDITORIAL: Signs point to costly provincialism in demise of Landmark

MBJ Staff — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 06:01:02 +0000

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 [...]

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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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Panel sides with EPA over Yazoo Pump; board mulls another appeal

Associated Press — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:18:00 +0000

NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court panel sided yesterday with the Environmental Protection Agency over its 2008 veto of a $220 million flood control project near the Yazoo River in the south Mississippi Delta. >> RELATED: EPA admits it has no experts on Yazoo Pump Project. The Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners sued the [...]

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ANALYSIS — Mississippi has big money invested in KiOR’s financially challenged project

Amy McCullough — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:02 +0000

The eyes of the international renewable-fuels community are fixed on KiOR (NASDAQ:KIOR), a Texas-based company in which Mississippi has a large stake — specifically a $75 million interest-free loan administered by the Mississippi Development Authority. KiOR plans to build five plants in Mississippi that should convert wood chips to renewable crude through a process called [...]

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Judge puts release of Barbour’s pardoned prisoners on hold

Associated Press — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:39:45 +0000

A Mississippi judge has temporarily blocked the release of 21 inmates who’d been given pardons or medical release by Republican Haley Barbour in one of his final acts as governor. Circuit Judge Tomie Green issued an injunction late yesterday at the request of Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood. Hood said he believes Barbour might’ve violated [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Hoping Christmas was merry and the New Year is happy

MBJ Staff — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:01:03 +0000

Cleaning up from Christmas is a ritual that can last for several days as the kids — and parents — play with their new toys in the living room before finally finding them a permanent home. With that, we will stop saying Merry Christmas and begin to look forward with the greeting of “Happy New [...]

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Toyota opens plant

Clay Chandler — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:24 +0000

The Toyota facility in Blue Springs held a “line-off” ceremony Nov. 17 to celebrate what amounted to a delayed grand opening. It was a celebration nearly five years in the making. The star of the show was a black Corolla that was built on Oct. 24, when production started. It will reside in the lobby [...]

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Barbour backs plan to tax online, catalog sales

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:00:55 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is now backing a congressional proposal to allow states to directly collect sales taxes from Internet and catalog merchants. Barbour expressed support in a letter last week. One estimate shows that Mississippi and its local governments will lose more than $300 million in 2012 because such retailers do not [...]

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Ingalls training facility contract OKs expected

Associated Press — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:47:55 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Construction could start as early as January for Jackson County’s maritime training facility to be built on Ingalls Shipbuilding property. The Board of Supervisors and the Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners are expected to award a $15.6 million contract on Monday to Ben M. Radcliff Contractor Inc. of Mobile. Leaders said it would [...]

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