by MBJ Staff Published: May 21,2013
Tags: angl;er, angling, ecosystem, environment, fish, fisherman, fishing, hatchery, largemouth bass, sport fish, state agency, wildlife
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) Lyman Fish Hatchery has released 49,592 Florida largemouth bass fingerlings in the Pascagoula, Tchoutacabouffa and Jordan rivers. The fish have a fast growth rate, growing up to three pounds a year and reaching weights of well over 10 pounds. “This release is a benefit to [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 21,2013
Tags: association, bayou, boaster, boat, boating, county government, dredge, dredging, ecosystem, environment, homeowner, lake, land, navigation, oxbow, property, sediment, silt, state agency, wildlife
DIAMONDHEAD — The Hancock County Board of Supervisors and Diamondhead Property Owners Association have filed an application for a wetlands permit with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) requesting authorization to excavate and dredge accreted sediment in Devil’s Elbow, an oxbow of Rotten Bayou, in Diamondhead. Accelerated sedimentation, due to a lack of upland [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 17,2013
Tags: automaker, automobile, automotive industry, corporate welfare, economic development, incentive, labor, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, organized labor, report, state agency, state government, study, subsidy, tax, tax break, union
CANTON — A study paid for by the United Auto Workers finds state and local governments may provide Nissan Motor Co.’s Mississippi plant with nearly $850 million in tax breaks over 30 years, plus $400 million in cash aid. The report estimates Mississippi will pay $90 million in interest on money borrowed to aid Nissan, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 17,2013
Tags: acquisition, buy, city, city government, home, house, land, municipal, municipality, property, purchase, real estate, residence, residential real estate, sale, sell, state agency, tax, tax-forfeited property
GREENVILLE — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and Greenville Mayor John Cox are hoping the second round of tax-forfeited land sales in Greenville will be just as successful as the first. In a joint press conference, Hosemann and Cox announced the public sale of another 94 parcels of tax-forfeited land, valued at $210,000. “I would [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: document, documentation, economic development, employee, federal agency, port, ship, shipper, shipping, state agency, transdportation, worker
GULFPORT — The federal government says the Mississippi Development Authority has documented only 50 of the 1,286 direct, full-time jobs it claims at the state port, and insists MDA provide records to show all the jobs exist. The Sun Herald obtained a copy of a letter sent April 22 to the MDA from Stanley Gimont, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 15,2013
Tags: community development, damage, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, home, house, hurricane, natural disaster, neighborhood, rain, residence, state agency, storm, storm surge, tropical, wind
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Development Authority has added $40 million to the post-Katrina Neighborhood Home Program to reach eligible residents initially left off the list. Under the program, contractors are repairing Katrina-damaged homes not covered by previous disaster assistance. Jon Mabry, chief operations officer of MDA’s recovery division, told The Sun Herald 1,200 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 13,2013
Tags: county, county government, flood, flood-prone, flooding, home, house, hurricane, rain, residence, state agency, storm, storm surge, town, tropical, Weather
PEARLINGTON — Hancock County’s buy-out program has finally gotten off the ground. Four homes in the Pearlington community are currently in the process of being purchased through the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency program. County leaders tell WLOX-TV they will have up to $10 million to purchase as many repetitive loss properties as they can. Supervisor [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: auditor, board of supervisors, boat, city, city government, county, county government, erlecvted official, fish, fishng, mayor, mayoral candidate, missapropriation, municipal, municipality, political campaign, politician, Politics, public official, state agency, supervisor, tax
OCEAN SPRINGS — Jackson County Supervisor John McKay says the deep-sea fishing trips he took in 2012 with the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources are now an issue in his race for mayor of Ocean Springs. McKay, a Republican, tells The Sun Herald he wants to talk to State Auditor Stacey Pickering about the trips. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: agreement, health, health benefit, health care, insurance, job, layoff, low income, medical, medicine, poor, pregnancy, public health, social worker, state agency
JACKSON — Mississippi Medicaid officials will resume paying state Health Department workers to help women with high-risk pregnancies. The agreement, announced Friday, starts June 1 and runs through June 30, 2014. Medicaid has typically paid the Health Department more than $8.5 million a year for the program. The new agreement reverses last month’s decision by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 12,2013
Tags: ecosystem, environment, fine, foodservice, penalty, pollutant, pollution, public health, state agency, wastewater, water pollution, water quality, wildlife
PEARL — A foodservice company is paying an $18,000 civil fine for dumping wastewater into Jackson’s sewer system for 11 years without a permit. Valley Services agreed in March to pay the fine to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. An order published by the department says the company’s Pearl facility has been discharging wastewater [...] [...]
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