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WCU, Tradition unveil health care zone plans

MBJ Staff — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:48:58 +0000

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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SoS to watch absentee ballots after complaints

MBJ Staff — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:34:07 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Secretary of State’s Office will conduct a thorough review of absentee ballots cast in some cities in the upcoming municipal primary election. This review comes on the heels of several complaints from municipal clerks, elected officials and citizens regarding a high number of absentee ballots cast thus far in the primary. [...]

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Abortion-inducing drugs now state-regulated

Associated Press — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:36:05 +0000

JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a bill that regulates the prescription and use of abortion-inducing drugs. He signed Senate Bill 2795, and it becomes law July 1. It says a physician must be present when a woman takes drugs prescribed to end a pregnancy in its early weeks. It also says the woman [...]

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PSC has no authority over rural water system

Associated Press — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:20:13 +0000

JACKSON — Legislation that Gov. Phil Bryant has signed into law clarifies that the three-member elected Public Service Commission does not have authority over rural water associations. Bryant signed Senate Bill 2322 this week. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the bill includes an amendment by Rep. Jerry Turner, R-Baldwyn, to require the rural water associations’ [...]

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Law clears way for UMMC to take over hospital

Associated Press — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:14:23 +0000

GRENADA — Legislation that would allow the University of Mississippi Medical Center to take over a hospital in Grenada has been signed into law. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1721. It takes effect immediately. Grenada County has been shopping around the county-owned Grenada Lake Medical Center since last summer. The bill would allow the [...]

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Governor signs anti-corruption bill, auditor pleased

MBJ Staff — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:35:59 +0000

JACKSON — State Auditor Stacey Pickering is applauding a new law that he says will help fight government corruption. Gov. Bryant approved Senate Bill 2625 and it is now law with an effective date of July 1. In a release, Pickering’s office wrote: “Under this important anti-corruption legislation, an individual who has been convicted or [...]

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ACLU chapter: School prayer can make students feel like outsiders

MBJ Staff — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:49:39 +0000

JACKSON — The ACLU of Mississippi says it supports constitutionally protected, voluntary student-led prayer in school for students who want to pray. What ACLU-MS does not support, it reports in a release, is “any policy or practice that violates the Constitution.” This includes the practice of schools promoting one religious belief over another, “therefore making [...]

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Abortion clinic continuing to see patients after judge’s ruling

Associated Press — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:42:32 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic continued seeing patients yesterday, the day after a federal judge temporarily stopped the state from closing it. Several people wearing florescent yellow vests labeled “Clinic Escort” helped women find parking places and walked with them into the cherry pink building in a Jackson retail district. Outside an iron fence [...]

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Abortion clinic preparing for license revocation hearing

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 12:13:38 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi’s only abortion clinic is scheduled for an April 18 license revocation hearing before the state Department of Health, and officials say a decision could come days or weeks later. The Health Department told the clinic in late January that it intends to take away its license because the facility had failed to [...]

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Legislation would prohibit local food regulations

Associated Press — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:53:09 +0000

JACKSON — No one’s trying to take away supertanker-sized soda drinks in Mississippi, but state lawmakers have passed a bill to make sure they never do. House Bill 1182 would prohibit counties and cities from creating food regulations such as requiring nutritional labeling at restaurants, banning junk foods and keeping toys out of meals. Food [...]

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