by Associated Press Published: June 7,2013
Tags: arena, audit, auditing, auditor, board of supervisors, county, county government, director, misappropriation, state agency, state government, supervisor
CORINTH — The state auditor’s office says an investigation into a former manager of the Crossroads Arena in Corinth has resulted in money returning to that facility. State Auditor Stacey Pickering’s office said in a news release the investigation looked into misappropriation of public funds by Reggie Churchwell, the facility’s former manager. Pickering’s office says [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 5,2013
Tags: family, health, health benefits, health care reform, health carte, health insurance, insurance, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, low income, state government
JACKSON — Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature are proposing a way to provide health coverage to about 300,000 people without expanding Medicaid. They say Mississippi should enact a plan similar to what Arkansas is proposing — using federal money to help low-income people buy private health insurance. About two-dozen Democrats from the House and Senate [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: board of supervisors, county, county government, highway, infrastructure, road, roadbuilder, roadbuilding, state government, street, traffic, transportation
HATTIESBURG — Forrest County will get started this summer on a $5 million project to repave about 65 miles of potholes and pitted roads. The county will spend $3 million of its own money to pave about 40 miles. Another $2 million from the State Aid Road Fund will resurface 25 miles of roads. The [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: attorney, elected official, election, lawmaker, lawyer, legislative, legislator, political campaign, politician, Politics, public official, state government, vote, voter, Voting
DIAMONDHEAD — Gulf Coast attorney Patricia Willis has won the state House of Representatives District 95 special election. Complete, but unofficial, returns show Willis received 52.4 percent of the vote in yesterday’s election to defeat three other candidates. The 60-year-old Willis, from Diamondhead, is an attorney and Waveland city prosecutor. House District 95 includes parts [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: bench, court, federal government, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, legal, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, price, price fixing, state government
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider whether the state of Mississippi can bring a state-level lawsuit in a global LCD screen price-fixing conspiracy. The justices today agreed to hear an appeal from state officials in their lawsuit against AU Optronics Corp. A federal jury last year found the company guilty of price-fixing on its [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — At least once a year, Mississippi lawmakers have the same basic argument about education funding. One side says: You can’t fix public schools by throwing money at them. The other side retorts: How would anyone know? The state has never tried it. A new report from the Census Bureau provides fodder for [...] [...]
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 Associated Press Published: May 16,2013
Tags: appropriation, bill, college, education, funding, higher education, lawmaker, legialtive, legislator, Legislature, postsecondary education, public university, satate budget, state government, university
JACKSON — The College Board will seek roughly $30 million more in state money in the 2015 budget year. The board members voted today to ask the Legislature for the money for Mississippi’s eight public universities. Though the 2014 budget year doesn’t begin until July 1, state agencies begin planning requests for the following year [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 15,2013
Tags: amendment, executive, federal government, flood, flood control, flooding, governor, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, levee, Senator, state government, state gtovernment
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Senate has accepted an amendment authored by U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) aimed at giving Mississippi a role in a proposed levee project that could result in new flood threats to the Mississippi Gulf Coast if not carefully studied with input from affected parties. The Cochran amendment was incorporated into [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 15,2013
Tags: college, education, health, health care, health care zone, higher education, medical, medicine, mixed use community, postsecondary education, private college, private university, state government, state law, university
HARRISON COUNTY — William Carey University and the Tradition community intend to create a health care industry zone centered around WCU’s Tradition campus on Highway 67 in Harrison County. At a news conference, Jerry Bracey, dean of WCU’s Tradition campus, congratulated Rep. Hank Zuber of Ocean Springs and Sen. Sean Tindell of Gulfport for sponsoring [...] [...]
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