JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers have passed a $50-million bond bill to attract a company that might build solar panels in the state.
The bill passed the House Thursday. It had cleared the Senate Feb. 24.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Percy Watson says state economic officials are keeping details about the project confidential, including the name [...] [...]
CANTON — A new film studio, complete with sound stage and production office space, will be built in Canton to encourage movie production in the state.
State officials say the 39,000-square-foot facility, called The Mississippi Film Studios at Canton, could employ up to 250 workers when film production is underway.
Executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour today signed Senate Bill 2495, which allocates $82 million from state reserves to partially restore budget cuts for district attorneys, the state court system and education.
The bill allocates $41.13 million to public schools and universities, including $33 million for the Mississippi Adequate Education Program, $2 million for National Board [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 11,2010
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JACKSON — The Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) was in jeopardy after a bill reauthorizing the agency died under a deadline yesterday amid a fight to force Gov. Haley Barbour to accept $56 million in stimulus funding.
House Labor Committee Chairman Rufus Straughter, D-Belzoni, didn’t bring the bill out for a vote in time to [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour has joined a bipartisan group of governors in asking Congress to stop a plan giving the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to regulate greenhouse gases, a move that would potentially harm the competitiveness of the nation’s economy, he said.
In a letter to Congressional leaders, 20 governors expressed concern over an [...] [...]
JACKSON — The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Tuesday that aims to prevent “double dipping” by state employees who retire and then return to work as part-time or contract workers for the government.
The bill would require state agencies to make a contribution to the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) fund for those employees, even though [...] [...]
JACKSON — State Sen. Jack Gordon remained hospitalized Monday but his condition has been upgraded from critical to good.
Officials haven’t said why the 66-year-old Democrat from Okolona was rushed early Sunday to the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.
Peggy Wagner, a UMC spokeswoman, said Monday that Gordon was in “good condition.”
Gordon is a longtime lawmaker [...] [...]
JACKSON — Integrated Computer Solutions Inc. (ICS), a full-service information security and technology consulting firm based in Montgomery, Ala., is one of only five companies to be awarded a two-year contract by the State of Mississippi for IT security and risk assessment services. Terms were not disclosed.
The contract, awarded through the State of Mississippi’s Department [...] [...]
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are working on another plan to plug some holes in the state budget after Gov. Haley Barbour followed through with his promise to strike down their original proposal.
Barbour vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have restored more than one-fifth of the $458.5 million in cuts he has made since the fiscal [...] [...]
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour is supportive of the recent inaction on a bill in the House Representatives that the governor said would have put pressure on local businesses already struggling with the recession.
In a statement, Barbour said, “I want to thank members of the Mississippi House who on Monday decided to let a bill [...] [...]
