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City’s tax collections up; looking to lease golf course

Associated Press — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:18:14 +0000

GREENVILLE — Though there were some hiccups in revenue collections for some city departments during the 2011-12 fiscal year, Greenville ended up with about $122,000 more in collections than the previous year. Steve Osso, the city’s external financial consultant, tells The Delta Democrat Times Greenville brought in almost $15.8 million over the period compared to [...]

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Neel-Schaffer makes magazine’s reader’s choice list

MBJ Staff — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 23:23:09 +0000

JACKSON — The consulting engineering firm Neel-Schaffer made the Top 50 Road & Highway Design Firms List released by Roads and Bridges. Each year the magazine sends a survey out to its government (departments of transportation) readers, who in turn select the firms they prefer to work with out on the jobsite. The results are [...]

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After 25 years, Rep. Woods retiring from Legislature due to health

Associated Press — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:22:49 +0000

BYHALIA — State Rep. Tommy Woods, a Republican from Byhalia, is retiring from the Mississippi House after 25 years. Woods told the Commercial Appeal he made his decision to retire after consulting with his physicians. He suffered a stroke Dec. 26. Woods was re-elected in November to a seventh term serving House District 52 district [...]

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Sturdivant, prominent politican/farmer, dies at home

Associated Press — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:17:24 +0000

GLENDORA — Mike P. Sturdivant, a two-time gubernatorial candidate and fourth-generation Delta farmer, has died. He was 85. Officials with Wilson and Knight Funeral Home told the Associated Press that Sturdivant died today at his home on the Due West Plantation near Glendora. Funeral services are pending. Mike Sturdivant Jr. told the Greenwood Commonwealth his [...]

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MDA director’s salary bill passes; sent to governor’s desk

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:54:52 +0000

JACKSON — Private donors could again boost the salary of Mississippi’s state economic development director, under a plan that House members sent to Gov. Phil Bryant today. The House agreed to changes that the Senate made in House Bill 1349, allowing donations to increase pay to the chief of the Mississippi Development Authority. Right now, [...]

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Senate bill allows MDA chief to be paid with private-sector funds

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:13:07 +0000

JACKSON — The Senate has passed a bill to allow the director of the Mississippi Development Authority to be paid with money raised from private entities. The bill does not cap the MDA director’s salary. If the salary exceeds 150 percent of the governor’s salary, only the portion below that amount would be paid with [...]

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Former state Sen. Graham dies at 75

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:55:28 +0000

NEW ALBANY — Former state Sen. Walter A. “Pud” Graham has died. He was 75. Graham died at his home in New Albany Saturday after being in the hospital the previous week, undergoing a medical procedure. Officials with United Funeral Service said services would be held today at Ingomar Baptist Church in New Albany with [...]

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Supervisors want public, private sectors to work together

Associated Press — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:30:02 +0000

MADISON COUNTY — Madison County wants public bodies and private businesses to set a course jointly for future economic growth. The Clarion-Ledger reports the current Board of Supervisors is asking the three economic development agencies, five chambers of commerce and four municipalities to bring a list of development priorities to the new board in January. [...]

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Ex-chancery clerk indicted for embezzlement

Associated Press — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:04:37 +0000

CALHOUN COUNTY — Former Calhoun County Chancery Clerk Jess Moore has been indicted on two counts of embezzlement, according to the State Auditor’s Office. State Auditor Stacey Pickering says in a statement than an audit by his office in March found more than $13,894 missing from the Land Redemption account as a result of the [...]

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