SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — Motorists in South Mississippi had a “little” something to watch out for yesterday. Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) officials and local law enforcement officers assisted MEF Transportation, LLC in moving an empty liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tank from the Louisiana state line at Natchez to Seaway Road in Gulfport. This 190 [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 25,2013
Tags: automobile, claim, damage, destruction, hail, hailstorm, home, house, insurance, insurer, residence, severe weather, state agency, storm, Weather
METRO JACKSON — The latest report from Mississippi’s major insurance carriers on the March hailstorm to the Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) shows that both claim and payment numbers continue to rise. As of the April 15 reporting period over 56,000 homeowner and automobile damage claims have been filed and claims payments are at $209.4 million, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 24,2013
Tags: bench, decision, judge, judicial, juducuary, justice, media, newspaper, public records, ruling, state agency
BILOXI — Chancery Judge Jennifer Schloegel has ruled she cannot force the Mississippi Department of Resources to provide the Sun Herald records the agency no longer possesses. Schloegel ruled the newspaper would need to add the State Auditor’s Office as a defendant in a public records lawsuit it filed against the DMR. The Sun Herald [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 23,2013
Tags: case, commission, federal agency, federal government, fraud, investment, investor, lawsuit, settlement, state agency, state government, trial
JACKSON — After repeated requests, the Securities and Exchange Commission has finally announced the proposed plan to distribute Morgan Keegan settlement funds to Mississippi investors, according to the Office of Secretary of State. “For two years, the SEC ignored the pleas of investors to release this money. They desperately need their settlement funds,” says Secretary [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 23,2013
Tags: beach, executive, fired, marine, resign, resignation, resources, retire, retirement, senior management, state agency, terminate, termination, wetlands
BILOXI — Another top official at the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has announced he’s leaving. The Sun Herald reports Danny Guice, who had been interim director of the agency after DMR executive director Bill Walker was fired in January, announced to the staff last week he would be retiring, effective June 30. The agency [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 22,2013
Tags: contaminate, contamination, court, crude oil, death, disaster, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oilrig, pil spill, pollutant, pollution, restaurant, seafood, state agency, state government, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
JACKSON — Mississippi has become the third state to sue BP PLC over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Attorney General Jim Hood announced the state had filed lawsuits in federal and state court. The move comes one day before the three-year statute of limitations expires for claims related to the April 20, 2010, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 18,2013
Tags: auditor, bench, circuit clerk, city government, countersuit, elected official, election, itics, judge, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, pay, pol, politician, public official, salary, state agency, vote, voter, Voting
VICKSBURG — Trading one debt in the circuit clerk’s office to pay off another in time for Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley-Palmertree to win a third term was a big deal to her in 2011. So much so, that it was written in a letter to state auditors agreeing to the swap. “Pursuant to our phone [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 17,2013
Tags: audit, auditing, auditor, boats, foundation, ownership, sale, sell, state agency, tax, taxpayer
BILOXI — State Auditor Stacey Pickering has met with Mississippi Department of Marine Resource Foundation board members concerning boats owned by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR). The board agreed to meet within the next seven to 10 days to discuss transferring ownership of two boats that were being leased from the DMR Foundation [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 15,2013
Tags: county, elect, election, election day, Politics, poll, report, state agency, vote, voter, Voting
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Despite a high number of last-minute voter registrations, the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office found counties statewide were well prepared for one of the highest levels of voter turnout in Mississippi history. This is according to a report from Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s office. “The number of voters in this Presidential [...] [...]
JACKSON— Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is requesting a formal review of Mississippi’s electric utilities’ metering policies and procedures. The Public Utilities Staff will work in conjunction with Commission staff to conduct the review, which will cover both investor owned utilities and electric power associations, according to a release from Presley’s office. Over [...] [...]
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