by MBJ Staff Published: May 1,2013
Tags: deer, duck, goose, hunt, hunter, hunting, law, legislation, legislative, Legislature, review, waterfowl, white-tailed deer, wildlife, wildlife management
JACKSON — Questions have arisen over the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ management of selected wild game in Mississippi (i.e., the waterfowl, turkey and deer management programs), according to the PEER Committee. Also, some citizens have questioned the expanded use of privately owned pens for deer management and whether the use of such [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: ballot, candidate, elected office, elected official, election, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, political campaign, politician, Politics, public office, public official, state agency, state government
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — It looks like there’s going to be a four-candidate race May 28 for the state House of Representatives District 95 seat. The deadline to qualify for the special election to fill the seat held by the late Rep. Jessica Upshaw was yesterday, a state holiday. A spokeswoman with the Secretary of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 26,2013
Tags: appropriation, budget, Congress, development, engine, federal agency, federal government, funding, high technology, lawmaker, legislative, research, rockety, science, scientist, Senate, Senator, space, space exploration, technology, test, test stand, testing
HANCOCK COUNTY – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) wants NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to continue providing Congress information that will help ensure the upgrade of the Stennis Space Center’s B-2 test stand remains on schedule. Cochran addressed the NASA budget at a Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing where Bolden provided testimony on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2013
Tags: Automotive, county, economic development, employee, employer, employment, incentive, job, job creation, layoff, legislation, legislative, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, tire, work, worker
CLAY COUNTY — Lawmakers are meeting in special session today to consider incentives to bring a Japanese tire manufacturer to Clay County. Yokohama Tire Corp. would make industrial tires for trucks and tractors. In a House committee meeting today, lawmakers were told the state would borrow $70 million to buy land, build infrastructure and train [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013
Tags: Automotive, economic development, employee, employer, employment, governor, incentive, job, job creation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, special session, tire, work, worker
CLAY COUNTY — Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol tomorrow for what many hope will be a quick a special session to lure an auto parts maker to the state. Bryant has released few details about the project, beyond saying it’s for Mississippi’s “automobile corridor.” Several lawmakers say an international company [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 23,2013
Tags: automaker, automobiler, Automotive, bill, car, economic development, employee, employer, governor, job, job creation, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant, special session, state government, work, worker
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said yesterday that he will call lawmakers into special session to deal with an economic development project in what he calls the state’s auto corridor. The Commercial Appeal reports Bryant talked about the special session when he was in Oxford for a groundbreaking on an unrelated project. Bryant said he’s [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 19,2013
Tags: agriculture, aquaculture, catfish, Congress, diplomacy, federal agency, federal government, fish, food, food inspection, food safety, international trade, legislative, public health, restaurant, Senate, Senator
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has encouraged the head of the Food and Drug Administration to work with her federal counterparts to implement a catfish inspection program that ensures foreign imports are safe for consumers. Cochran addressed the catfish inspection issue, as well as impending menu nutrition labeling regulations, during a Senate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2013
Tags: election, legislation, legislative, legislator, political campaign, politician, Politics, poll, runoff, state government, vote, voter, Voting
PANOLA COUNTY and TATE COUNTY — Lataisha Jackson has won a runoff election in House District 11 to fill the unexpired term of the late state Rep. Joe Gardner. Complete, but unofficial, returns from yesterday’s runoff showed Jackson with about 70 percent of the vote over Anderson Boothe. House District 11 includes parts of Tate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 16,2013
Tags: budget, cooperative, electricity, energy, executive, federal government, lawmaker, legislative, lights, Politics, power, President, sale, sell, utility
NORTH MISSISSIPPI — In a political role reversal, Republicans are blasting President Barack Obama’s plan to consider selling the Tennessee Valley Authority, an icon of the New Deal long targeted by conservatives as an example of government overreach. Obama’s 2014 budget proposal calls for a strategic review of the TVA, the nation’s largest public utility [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 15,2013
Tags: agriculture, bill, crop, ecosystem, environment, executive, farm, farmer, farming, feral, governor, land, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, pest, pest control, property, real estate, wild hog, wildlife
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Farmers and wildlife officials say wild hogs are roaming throughout the state, damaging crops and land. As a result, Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill that adds wild hogs to the state beaver-control program. Beginning July 1, a Beaver and Wild Hog Control Advisory Board will be created to come up with [...] [...]
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