Mississippi Business Journal » Leonard Van Slyke http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:52:29 +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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