Mississippi Business Journal » Kevin Cooper http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tougher penalty proposed for Miss. secret meetings http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/21/tougher-penalty-proposed-for-miss-secret-meetings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tougher-penalty-proposed-for-miss-secret-meetings http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/21/tougher-penalty-proposed-for-miss-secret-meetings/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:54:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=37238 MICHAEL NEWSOM The Sun Herald Several lawmakers are pushing big changes to Mississippi’s open meetings law again this year — legislation a House committee chairman killed with a last-minute maneuver in 2010. Higher fines, as well as proposals to make officials pay instead of taxpayers when there’s a violation, died last year. Opponents said they [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/05/usm-school-names-hall-inductees/feed/ 0 Russ faces uphill challenge in Natchez http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/17/russ-faces-uphill-challenge-in-natchez/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russ-faces-uphill-challenge-in-natchez http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/17/russ-faces-uphill-challenge-in-natchez/#comments Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:00:12 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=31994 With outlook grim, economic development vet comes home to change chemistry Chandler Russ grew up in Natchez, went to the University of Southern Mississippi and has since built an economic development career that has taken him to almost every part of Mississippi and into Arkansas. He’s about to go back home. On Nov. 1, Russ [...]

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