Mississippi Business Journal » Initiative 31 http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Statement election http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/statement-election/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=statement-election http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/statement-election/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:19 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=50046 We might have finally found something Mississippians of every political persuasion can agree on: The use of eminent domain for private economic development is a bad idea. Initiative 31, which will amend the state Constitution to essentially restrict the use of eminent domain to projects of direct public use, earned more than 637,000 votes. The [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/25/statement-election/feed/ 0 One victory won, another battle looms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/13/one-victory-won-another-battle-looms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-victory-won-another-battle-looms http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/13/one-victory-won-another-battle-looms/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 06:00:14 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=48501 We might have finally found something Mississippians of every political persuasion can agree on: The use of eminent domain for private economic development is a bad idea. With 97 percent of precincts reporting late last Wednesday afternoon, Initiative 31, which will amend the state Constitution to essentially restrict the use of eminent domain to projects [...]

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