by Associated Press Published: March 8,2012
Tags: bench, bill, compensation, courts, judges, judicial branch, judiciary, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, Legislature, pay, raise, salaries, state government
JACKSON — Judges and prosecutors would get pay raises over four years, under a plan the Mississippi House passed yesterday. Mississippi’s circuit and chancery judges currently make $104,000 a year. The bill would increase their pay in four annual steps to $136,000 a year by 2016. Pay would also increase for district attorneys, appellate judges [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 15,2012
Tags: bills, constitutionality, courts, federal government, health benefits, health care, helath, insurance, judges, judicial branch, judiciary, lawmakers, laws, legislative branch, medicine
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss) are among 43 Senators who have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a multi-state legal challenge to a federal mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance. The amicus brief was filed with the Supreme Court Monday in support [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 13,2012
Tags: asbestos, attorneys, courts, fraud, health, health care, judges, judicial branch, judiciary, law, lawyers, rail lines, railroads, railways, trains
HOUSTON, Texas — Two Mississippi plaintiffs lawyers, including a former state lawmaker, have appealed a verdict that they committed fraud during an asbestos lawsuit they filed in 2001. A federal jury in Mississippi decided in 2010 that the lawyers should pay Illinois Central Railroad Company $420,000 in damages. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 10,2012
Tags: agriculture, courts, environment, farmers, farms, federal government, flood control, flooding, floods, habitat, judges, judicial branch, judiciary, lawsuit, wildlife, wildlife habitat
MISSISSIPPI DELTA — A Mississippi levee board asked a federal appeals court yesterday to revive a $220 million Yazoo River flood control project that was vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2008 over concerns that it would harm wetlands and wildlife. A three-judge panel from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New [...] [...]
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