by Associated Press Published: April 14,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, cuonty government, death, died, elected offical, lawmaker, legislative, legisltor, obituary, politician, Politics, public official, state government, supervisor
JACKSON — Hinds County Supervisor Doug Anderson has died. Fellow supervisor Robert Graham announced Anderson, 74, died Saturday at St. Dominic Hospital, reports WLBT-TV. Anderson was hospitalized April 3 after reacting unfavorably to medication. He had also been hospitalized in March. In addition to 19 years as a supervisor, Anderson was a state senator for [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 14,2013
Tags: ad, apology, elected official, legislative, legislator, poitician, political action committee, Politics, public official, state government, vote, Voting
BAY ST. LOUIS — A political action committee that attacked state Rep. David Baria, D-Bay St. Louis, has apologized. The apology, signed by Advance Mississippi PAC executive director Steve Simmons and treasurer Randy Stephens, ran in the Sun Herald and Sea Coast Echo newspapers Saturday, the Clarion-Ledger reported. Baria had sued the committee in October [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013
Tags: budget, executive, federal government, governmor, health, health benefits, health care, health care reform, legislation, legislative, legislator, low income, medical, medicine, poor, President, public health, state government
JACKSON — Top Mississippi Republicans say their opposition to Medicaid expansion is getting a boost from an unlikely source — President Barack Obama. The Democratic president released his proposed federal budget yesterday. It includes a one-year delay in reduction of “disproportionate share” Medicaid payments — money hospitals receive for treating large numbers of uninsured patients. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 10,2013
Tags: anti-terrorism, death penalty, executive, governor, law, law enforcement, legal, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, state government, terror, terrorism
JACKSON — Mississippi is set to add terrorism to the list of crimes that could lead to the death penalty, if a victim is killed. “The governor intends to sign this public safety measure,” Gov. Phil Bryant’s spokesman, Mick Bullock, told The Associated Press. Mississippi prosecutors already can pursue the death penalty if a victim [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013
Tags: health, health benefits, health care, health care reform, hospital, insurance, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, low income, medical, medicine, politician, Politics, poor, public health, uninsured
JACKSON — Two lawmakers who spoke at a press luncheon yesterday disagreed about whether Mississippi should expand Medicaid, reflecting the partisan split that left the health program in limbo when the House and Senate ended their three-month session last week. Democratic Sen. David Blount, of Jackson, said adding an estimated 300,000 people to Medicaid — [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2013
Tags: aviation, bill, economic development, employ, employee, employer, job, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, ment, state government, supplier, work, worker
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — In an effort to ensure that Airbus aircraft suppliers move to Alabama and not neighboring states, Alabama leaders have enacted a new law putting a time limit on lawsuits against the airplane manufacturer and its suppliers. The Alabama Senate gave final approval to the legislation yesterday, 27-0, and Gov. Robert Bentley quickly [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2013
Tags: beach, environment, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, marine, nomination, nominee, resources, state agency, state government, water, wildlife
BILOXI — Senators have confirmed Jamie Miller of Gulfport as executive director of the Biloxi-based Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. Senate Ports and Marine Resources Committee members on Wednesday quizzed Miller about how he’ll manage the agency that has had financial problems in recent months. The agency’s former executive director, Bill Walker of Ocean Springs, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2013
Tags: death, elect, election, executive, governor, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, political campaign, politician, Politics, special election, state government, suicide, vote, voter, Voting
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — Gov. Phil Bryant has pushed back the date of a special election to fill a House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Jessica Upshaw. Bryant yesterday changed the District 95 election to May 28. If a runoff is necessary, it’ll be June 18. Candidates’ new qualifying deadline is April [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2013
Tags: board, education, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, nomination, nominee, public education, public school, rejection, software, technology
JACKSON — The Senate Education Committee has rejected Joel Bomgar’s nomination to join the state Board of Education. Bomgar, the 33-year-old founder of Bomgar Corp. of Ridgeland, saw his nomination tabled on an 8-7 vote. Opponents subjected Bomgar, a Jackson resident, to sharp questioning about his board membership on the conservative-leaning Mississippi Center for Public [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 4,2013
Tags: bill, Charter school, education, executive, governor, lawmaker, legisklature, legislation, legislative, legislator, public education, public school, school, state government
JACKSON — After two years of struggle, a bill to make it easier to create charter schools is on its way to Gov. Phil Bryant. The State Senate voted 34-18 to approve House Bill 369, which widens legal authority for charter schools. Senate Education Committee Chairman Gray Tollison, an Oxford Republican, says he had hoped [...] [...]
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