HATTIESBURG — When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient. “I was like, ‘Whoa,’” said Sarah Kavanagh, a 16-year-old from [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 20,2013
Tags: bench, court, hearing, home, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, petition, plant, protest, resident, sand, sand-drying
POPLARVILLE — A Pearl River County judge has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on a petition from some residents seeking to block development of five acres near the construction site of a sand drying plant in Picayune. The Alliance Consulting Group is locating the plant on 30 acres between Nicholson and Picayune. The $30-million plant would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 2,2013
Tags: commercial fishing, crustacean, federal, government, import, market, petition, price, seafood, shrimp, shrimper, shrimping, subsidized, subsidy
GULF OF MEXICO — Shrimpers have filed petitions with the federal government seeking relief from subsidized shrimp imports. The move came several weeks after Gulf of Mexico shrimpers hailed a House bill that included a provision to increase U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s powers to combat illegal imports. The Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries filed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 19,2012
Tags: Charter school, education, elementary school, high school, junior high school, learn, petition, public school, state agency, teach
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Maybe you saw it on the big screen in “Won’t Back Down.” Parent takeovers of failing public schools could be coming to Mississippi. According to the Mississippi Department of Education, 35 schools are eligible for the first time to be converted to charter schools. A majority of parents must sign a petition [...] [...]
PHILADELPHIA — A petition drive for a liquor election in Philadelphia has been temporarily suspended, organizers say. The Neshoba Democrat reports organizers say they will resume the drive once the Justice Department rules on a bill that allows a vote on legalizing liquor sales in cities like Philadelphia with populations of at least 5,000. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 21,2012
Tags: city manager, elections, executive branch, government, mayor, municipal government, petition, voters, votes, Voting
D’IBERVILLE — A group of D’Iberville residents is starting a petition drive to change the city’s form of government from council-manager to one where the mayor wields more power. The city currently operates under a form of government where the appointed city manager makes many of the major decisions and the elected mayor has less [...] [...]
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