Mississippi Business Journal » nominee http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Brown would make history if confirmed as judge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:08:02 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=74925 JACKSON — President Barack Obama has nominated attorney Debra M. Brown to be a U.S. District judge for northern Mississippi. If confirmed, Brown would be the first African-American woman to serve as a federal district judge in the state, said a spokesman for U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.). “I congratulate Debra Brown on her historic [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/17/brown-would-make-history-if-confirmed-as-judge/feed/ 0 Governor’s nominee for DMR chief confirmed by Senate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/governors-nominee-for-dmr-chief-confirmed-by-senate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=governors-nominee-for-dmr-chief-confirmed-by-senate http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/governors-nominee-for-dmr-chief-confirmed-by-senate/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:47:56 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72776 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, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/governors-nominee-for-dmr-chief-confirmed-by-senate/feed/ 0 Committee rejects Bomgar’s nomination to Education Board http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/04/committee-rejects-bomgars-nomination-to-education-board/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=committee-rejects-bomgars-nomination-to-education-board http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/04/committee-rejects-bomgars-nomination-to-education-board/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:28:49 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72773 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/04/committee-rejects-bomgars-nomination-to-education-board/feed/ 0 Commissioners delay decision on Dems’ replacement candidates http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/11/commissioners-delay-decision-on-dems-replacement-candidates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=commissioners-delay-decision-on-dems-replacement-candidates http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/11/commissioners-delay-decision-on-dems-replacement-candidates/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:44:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=62509 JACKSON — State election commissioners have delayed a decision on whether to let Democrats replace their nominee in south Mississippi’s 4th Congressional District. Commissioners will meet again to discuss the issue tomorrow, which also is the deadline for commissioners to give county elections officials the sample ballot for the Nov. 6 elections. In March, Michael [...]

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