by MBJ Staff Published: April 17,2013
Tags: audit, auditing, auditor, boats, foundation, ownership, sale, sell, state agency, tax, taxpayer
BILOXI — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has met with Mississippi Department of Marine Resource Foundation board members concerning boats owned by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR). The board agreed to meet within the next seven to 10 days to discuss transferring ownership of two boats that were being leased from the DMR Foundation [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 24,2013
Tags: abandoned property, blight, city, community development, land, land trust, municipal, municipality, nonprofit, ownership, property, real estate, urban sprwal
JACKSON — Working Together Jackson, a network of local community groups, has been quietly developing a new strategy for fighting blight, a problem that has at times seemed too daunting to solve. The latest idea is to take control of abandoned properties through a land trust, a nonprofit set up for the sole purpose of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 20,2012
Tags: agency, angle, birding, camp, camper, camping, city, community development, fish, government, hike, municipal, municipality, outdoors, ownership, park, recreation, state, swim, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
GAUTIER — Shepard State Park in Gautier has 395 acres abounding with trees and wild flowers, bike and nature trails, 28 developed campsites and an 18-hole disc golf course. It now belongs to city of Gautier and will remain open according to an agreement with Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. “A revitalized Shepard [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 5,2012
Tags: agreement, employee, employer, job, labor, management, owener, ownership, telecommunication, telephone, union, wire, wireline, work, worker
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — AT&T reports it has reached a new tentative agreement with the Communications Workers of America District 3 in wireline contract negotiations for AT&T Southeast (BellSouth Telecommunications). The three-year agreement covers more than 22,000 wireline employees in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, and will be submitted [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 17,2012
Tags: beach, bench, cleanup, court, disaster recovery, judge, judicial, judiciary, land, natural disaster, outodoors, ownership, property, real estate
OCEAN SPRINGS — Beaches at Ocean Springs are still a mess after Hurricane Isaac, and worries over a court ruling are one reason why they aren’t being cleaned up. The Sun Herald reports Jackson County officials interpret a recent court ruling dealing with the beachfront property of two landowners as meaning that all of the [...] [...]
BAY ST. LOUIS — The state of Mississippi hopes to complete soon a survey along the new Bay St. Louis seawall that will aid in determining who owns what on the beach. The Sea Coast Echo reports over the past few weeks, surveyors have been working to mark out the boundaries along the seawall. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 21,2011
Tags: bankruptcy, casinos, foreclsure, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotels, lodging, management, meetings and conventions, mergers and acquisitions, ownership, restaurants, state government, tourism, tourists, visitors
TUNICA — The Mississippi Gaming Commission has approved a structure to allow the seamless transition and uninterrupted operations of the Resorts and Bally’s casinos in Tunica, according to Foundation Gaming Group, LLC. As previously reported, the two Mississippi casinos were part of the ACH, an Atlantic City casino. New Jersey casino regulators approved a plan [...] [...]
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