Mississippi Business Journal » lobbyist http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:39:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Ex-Cochran aide involved with Abramoff kicked out of halfway house http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/22/ex-cochran-aide-involved-with-abramoff-kicked-out-of-halfway-house/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-cochran-aide-involved-with-abramoff-kicked-out-of-halfway-house http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/22/ex-cochran-aide-involved-with-abramoff-kicked-out-of-halfway-house/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:22:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52813 WASHINGTON — A former aide to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) convicted in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal must spend 15 weekends in jail after getting kicked out of her halfway house for bringing in a steak knife. Ann Copland’s attorney told the judge who sentenced her yesterday that she mistakenly left the knife and a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/22/ex-cochran-aide-involved-with-abramoff-kicked-out-of-halfway-house/feed/ 0 Ex-lobbyist details how he bilked Choctaws for $20M http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/09/ex-lobbyist-details-how-he-bilked-choctaws-for-20m/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ex-lobbyist-details-how-he-bilked-choctaws-for-20m http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/09/ex-lobbyist-details-how-he-bilked-choctaws-for-20m/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:45:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=48341 PHILADELPHIA — Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff writes in his new book that he spent $20 million from the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi to defeat gambling expansion in Alabama because it would compete with the Choctaws’ casinos. Abramoff writes that he funneled the money from the Choctaw tribe through nonprofit groups over a five-year period to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/11/09/ex-lobbyist-details-how-he-bilked-choctaws-for-20m/feed/ 0 Madison Co. lobbyist paid $75K annually to lobby Washington http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/19/madison-co-lobbyist-paid-75k-annually-to-lobby-washington/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=madison-co-lobbyist-paid-75k-annually-to-lobby-washington http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/19/madison-co-lobbyist-paid-75k-annually-to-lobby-washington/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:54:34 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=32165 CANTON — Madison County has expanded the duties of its lobbyist to include presenting local issues to the Mississippi Legislature. The Clarion-Ledger reports that the board of supervisors voted 4-1 Monday for a six-month contract for Jackson lawyer Steve Seale to push for local issues before state officials. He has been paid $75,000 annually to [...]

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