by MBJ Staff Published: May 8,2013
Tags: contracting, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, federal agency, female, minority, rule, small business, women, women-owned business
WASHINGTON — An interim final rule published in the Federal Register and effective immediately will amend regulations to the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contract Program. According to the SBA, the interim final rule allows for greater access to federal contracting opportunities for women-owned businesses as a result of the National Defense [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 12,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, cab, county government, driver, fee, ordinance, regulation, rule, supervisor, taxi, transportation, travel
BILOXI — The Harrison County Board of Supervisors will hold a workshop in the next two weeks to discuss rules and fees for the taxi industry. The Sun Herald reports taxi drivers appeared before the board to protest the fees they are paying under the taxi commission established by the Legislature in 2010. Leisa Leisy, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: appeal, bench, case, city government, court, decision, developer, development, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, municipal, municipality, real estate, rule, ruling, zone, zoning
NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Supreme Court has sided with the city of Natchez in a zoning dispute with a developer. The dispute stemmed from the city’s denial of a request from Dallas-based Roundstone Development, LLC to rezone 25 acres for single-family homes. The company planned to build 65 single-family homes on nine acres, leaving the [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 17,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisors, color, county government, decision, district, election, federal court, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, legal, party, Politics, poll, race, redistricting, request, rule, ruling, supervisor, vote, voter, Voting
JACKSON — A federal judge has denied a request by Hinds County Supervisor Phil Fisher and the Republican Party to bar the county from using its new redistricting plan in November elections, which involves only the five local election commission members. Still pending is the original lawsuit filed in September, which asks that the new [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 5,2012
Tags: angling, boat, boater, boating, control, fish, fishing, outdoors, recreation, regulation, reservoir, rule, ski, tourism, tourist, visitor, water, waterfront property
Ross Barnett Reservoir soon will gain control of the 33,000-acre lake that was funded primarily with Hinds County and Jackson tax dollars and is now a draw to 2.5 million visitors annually. Residents living on reservoir property will soon have a majority vote on the board of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, outnumbering [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 21,2012
Tags: commercial fishing, environment, federal agency, fishing, habitat, rule, shrimp, shrimper, shrimping, state agency, turtle, turtle excluding device, wildlife
BILOXI — The Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources has asked the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to conduct more studies before implementing a rule requiring turtle excluder devices on shrimp skimmer trawlers operating in state waters. On June 6, NOAA’s Marine Fisheries Service held a hearing in D’Iberville on a proposed rule to require the [...] [...]
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