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SBA publishes interim rule on women-owned business program

MBJ Staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:57:54 +0000

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 [...]

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Supervisors mull new taxi rules, fees after drivers’ protest

Associated Press — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:10:38 +0000

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, [...]

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Court rules with city in zoning dispute with developer

Associated Press — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:44:32 +0000

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 [...]

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Judge denies supervisor’s request concerning redistricting

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:36:57 +0000

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 [...]

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With control going to landowners, how will Reservoir rules change?

Associated Press — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:12:53 +0000

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 [...]

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Commission wants NOAA to reconsider proposed TED rule for shrimpers

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:04:01 +0000

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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