Posts Tagged ‘Jim Hood’

Judge puts release of Barbour’s pardoned prisoners on hold

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 [...] [...]

FBI investigating Southaven mayor Greg Davis

JACKSON — The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the mayor of Mississippi’s third largest city who was already ordered by state officials to pay more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling and other personal expenses billed to taxpayers. >> SEE MBJ COLUMNIST NANCY ANDERSON’S COLUMN ON DAVIS Southaven Mayor Greg Davis had already [...] [...]

Cartoon – October 31, 2011

by Ricky Nobile Published: October 30,2011

Tags: governor's race, Jim Hood, Johnny Dupree, MBJ cartoon, Phil Bryant, ricky nobile

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Hood & Simpson Debate Obamacare

by Stephen McDill Published: October 3,2011

Tags: Jim Hood, Obamacare, Steve Simpson

JACKSON- Mississippi attorney general Jim Hood and his Republican challenger Steve Simpson debate the state’s legal and political involvement in challenging Obamacare. [...]

Hood: “Feinberg is BP”

by Stephen McDill Published: July 13,2011

Tags: BP claims, BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon, Jim Hood, Ken Feinberg

JACKSON- Miss. Attorney General Jim Hood announces his office has filed a petition with the Court to force the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) and its administrator, Ken Feinberg to obey a previous subpoena regarding certain documents relevant to an investigation of the 2010 BP oil spill claims process. [...]

Gartin Justice Building Dedication

by Stephen McDill Published: May 22,2011

Tags: Bill Waller, Carroll Gartin, Charles Pickering, Jim Hood

JACKSON- Judges, elected and retired state officials, attorneys and the general public gather at the recently opened Carroll Gartin Justice Building (named for the late lieutenant governor) to christen the new home of the Mississippi Supreme Court. [...]

FIGHT GOES ON

by Ted Carter Published: April 24,2011

Tags: Dean DeBuck, Jim Hood, John Allison, Tom Miller

Federal regulators have reached an initial settlement with the nation’s largest banks, but the deal will not stop a 50-state coalition of attorneys general from pursuing answers and possible penalties relating to a wave of flawed foreclosures that swept the country last fall, says Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, leader of the AGs coalition. The [...] [...]

Foreclosure settlement could aid underwater Mississippians

by Ted Carter Published: March 20,2011

Tags: Gretchen Morgenson, Jim Hood, John Allison, MBJ FEATURE

A proposed $20-billion settlement to an investigation of fraudulent mortgage foreclosure practices across the nation could help underwater borrowers in Mississippi hang on to their homes through write downs on principal balances. But the wider price could involve a block to the state bringing further legal action on related foreclosure wrongdoings. Mississippi Attorney General Jim [...] [...]

AG: State not yet clear of fiasco on foreclosure

by Ted Carter Published: December 12,2010

Tags: banking, Jim Hood, John Allison, Obama

Numbers elsewhere increase odds state may have messes to clean up from flawed foreclosures Mississippi banking commissioner John Allison says it appears the state’s real estate and banking sectors will be spared troubled caused elsewhere in the nation by the foreclosure fiasco that started early in the fall. But Attorney General Jim Hood says he [...] [...]

RIVALRY RENEWED

by Amy McCullough Published: December 12,2010

Tags: American Tort Reform Association, Jim Hood, pay-to-play

Pay-to-play accusations against Hood flying again Democrats and Republicans disagree over AG’s role The rivalry between business interests and trial lawyers reared its head again recently as the American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) released a report this month regarding accusations of “pay-to-play” activities of several states’ attorneys general, including Mississippi’s Jim Hood. The report said [...] [...]

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