Mississippi Business Journal » Sen. Merle Flowers http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Agency advertising bill ‘ill-conceived’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/agency-advertising-bill-%e2%80%98ill-conceived%e2%80%99/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=agency-advertising-bill-%25e2%2580%2598ill-conceived%25e2%2580%2599 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/agency-advertising-bill-%e2%80%98ill-conceived%e2%80%99/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 20:51:48 +0000 Clay Chandler http://msbusiness.com/?p=53885 A bill that cleared the committee in the Senate and awaits action on the floor has caught the attention of advertising and media outlets. Senate Bill 2736 would prohibit state agencies from spending funds appropriated from the state’s general fund on radio and television advertisements that promote programs and initiatives, unless there is a bidding [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/03/12/agency-advertising-bill-%e2%80%98ill-conceived%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 Tougher penalty proposed for Miss. secret meetings http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/21/tougher-penalty-proposed-for-miss-secret-meetings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tougher-penalty-proposed-for-miss-secret-meetings http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/21/tougher-penalty-proposed-for-miss-secret-meetings/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:54:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=37238 MICHAEL NEWSOM The Sun Herald Several lawmakers are pushing big changes to Mississippi’s open meetings law again this year — legislation a House committee chairman killed with a last-minute maneuver in 2010. Higher fines, as well as proposals to make officials pay instead of taxpayers when there’s a violation, died last year. Opponents said they [...]

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