by Associated Press Published: March 6,2013
Tags: beer, bill, executive, governor, home brewing, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, tax
JACKSON — The House has sent a bill to Gov. Phil Bryant that would legalize home brewing in Mississippi. House members voted 70-36 today to approve Senate Bill 2183, which allows people 21 and older to brew up to 200 gallons of beer each year, as long as they live in a city or county [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 5,2013
Tags: appropriation, executive, expansion, governor, health care, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, Medicaid, Politics, reform, state government
JACKSON — A Democratic lawmaker said yesterday that Mississippi’s Republican governor is a “fool” and a “hypocrite” for opposing Medicaid expansion. Gov. Phil Bryant has said repeatedly during the past year that Mississippi, one of the poorest states in the nation, can’t afford to add up to 300,000 people to the more than 640,000 who [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 5,2013
Tags: bill, concealed weapon, executive, governor, gun permit, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, media, public information, state government
JACKSON — A new Mississippi law says the public no longer has access to records of state-issued permits to carry concealed weapons. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 485 yesterday, and it became law immediately. Legislators pushing the bill said they were responding to a New York newspaper’s decision earlier this year to publish [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 1,2013
Tags: bill, concealed weapon, executive, governor, gun, handgun, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, Legislature, media, permit, public record, public safety, shooting, state government
JACKSON — The Mississippi House yesterday sent the governor a bill to block public access to information about state-issued permits for people to carry concealed weapons. The move comes even as the Department of Public Safety has delayed responding to Freedom of Information requests for the records. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to sign [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: attorney, Business, contract, executive, government, governor, law firm, lawyer, politician, Politics, state government
JACKSON — Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is starting a new business. He and George Shelton, a former aide, are launching Company.Politics, which Shelton says aims to help businesses improve reputations and links to government. Shelton helped Democrat Musgrove get elected in 1999, but left to become a consultant and then head of reputation management for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 19,2013
Tags: bill, Commercial Real Estate, cultural retial, executive, governor, incentive, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, outlet mall, Politics, retail, state government, tax, tax break, vote
PEARL — The Mississippi House has given final approval to a bill that would provide sales tax rebates to the developer of an $80-million outlet mall scheduled to open in November in Pearl. Senate Bill 2806 passed the House 93-22 and heads to Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. It passed the Senate earlier. The bill would [...] [...]
My first husband was 32 when he was diagnosed with cancer. Eighteen months later, he took his last breath. As sad as that is, it could have been worse. At the time, he worked for Packard Electric and was a GM employee. Thankfully, it was the old GM with great health benefits. Looking back, I [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Reactions are mixed to Gov. Phil Bryant’s State of the State Address given yesterday. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a Republican from Jackson, noted that Bryant used a quote by the late President Ronald Reagan (“tear down this wall”) when talking about open enrollment, letting children cross into other public school districts: [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: arms, death, executive, federal government, governor, gun, gun rights, shooter, shooting, state government, violence
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said today that he wants the state to resist any presidential order that might restrict gun rights. Republican Bryant said he was acting in anticipation of Democratic President Barack Obama issuing executive orders aimed at banning military-style assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition clips. “I am asking that you immediately pass legislation [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: agency, exchange, government, governor, health care reform, health insurance, insurance, law, legal, state
JACKSON — Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has the authority to establish and manage a health insurance exchange, according to a legal opinion released by the state Attorney General’s Office. Exchanges are online marketplaces where people can shop for insurance. Under the federal health law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010, every state is required [...] [...]
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