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SoS to watch absentee ballots after complaints

MBJ Staff — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:34:07 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Secretary of State’s Office will conduct a thorough review of absentee ballots cast in some cities in the upcoming municipal primary election. This review comes on the heels of several complaints from municipal clerks, elected officials and citizens regarding a high number of absentee ballots cast thus far in the primary. [...]

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Governor signs anti-corruption bill, auditor pleased

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:35:59 +0000

JACKSON — State Auditor Stacey Pickering is applauding a new law that he says will help fight government corruption. Gov. Bryant approved Senate Bill 2625 and it is now law with an effective date of July 1. In a release, Pickering’s office wrote: “Under this important anti-corruption legislation, an individual who has been convicted or [...]

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Mayoral candidate’s cause of death still unknown

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:51:52 +0000

CLARKSDALE — More than a month has passed since Clarksdale mayoral candidate Marco McMillian was found dead, but the cause of death remains largely a mystery pending an autopsy report. McMillian’s body was found Feb. 27 in Coahoma County. Coahoma County Coroner Scotty Meredith says the state crime lab is waiting for an investigative report [...]

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Senators rethinking school board-election bill

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:07:44 +0000

JACKSON — State senators are pulling back from a plan to elect all local school board members. Senate Bill 2141 had called for all school board members to run for four-year terms in years that voters choose a governor. But senators voted 50-1 for an amended bill today to instead study the issue. Today, some [...]

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Lawmakers still hoping to debate Medicaid expansion

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:32:09 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are holding onto a chance to debate Medicaid expansion in the next few weeks, even though Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republican leaders oppose growth in the program. With no debate yesterday, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a bill to keep Medicaid in business after the budget year ends June 30. Some [...]

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Congressional delegation splits over fiscal cliff

Associated Press — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:31:36 +0000

WASHINGTON — All three Republicans in Mississippi’s House delegation voted against legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff, while the state’s only Democrat representative voted for it. Republican U.S. Reps. Gregg Harper, Alan Nunnelee and Steven Palazzo cast no votes, while Democrat Bennie Thompson voted for the legislation that passed 257-167. Nunnelee said in a statement [...]

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Four candidates will run for vacant seat in Legislature

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:52:07 +0000

RANKIN COUNTY — Four candidates are running in a special election in northern Rankin County to fill a vacant seat in the Mississippi House. Those competing in House District 59 are Scot Allen of Brandon, Benny L. Hubbard of Flowood, Bradley Lum of Flowood and Brent Powell of Brandon. The election is Jan. 8 and [...]

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Hosemann touts voter ID study, releases proposed rules

MBJ Staff — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:07:23 +0000

JACKSON — More than 98 percent of Mississippi voters who cast ballots in the general election have one form of acceptable photo identification included in Mississippi’s constitutional voter ID law, according to a survey conducted by Edison Research. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann announced the findings of what what he believes to be the largest [...]

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Mayor, ag commissioner candidate dies in car accident

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:24:22 +0000

PICKENS — Mayor Joel Gill, who was a past candidate for Mississippi agriculture commissioner and U.S. Congress, has died in a car accident. He was 61. His wife Ann Gill said he died yesterday afternoon in the accident. Gill, a Democrat, was elected mayor in 2009 and had served as an alderman before then in [...]

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Hosemann responds to NAACP regarding redistricting

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:40:08 +0000

JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has released a statement following the NAACP’s legal action regarding redistricting. Hosemann wrote: “It has always been my position the Mississippi Legislature should be able to redistrict itself and not the federal courts. The Mississippi House and Senate adopted fair redistricting plans that even received approval by the [...]

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