by Associated Press Published: February 5,2013
Tags: bill, federal law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, Legislature, nullification, nullify, seccession, state government, state law
JACKSON — Mississippi, a state that defied federal authority during the Civil War and the civil rights movement, won’t revive its efforts to nullify federal laws — at least not this year. Republican Scott DeLano, of Biloxi, chairman of the state House Constitution Committee, has killed a bill that sought to neutralize federal laws that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 25,2013
Tags: bill, federal government, federal law, gun control, health care reform, lawmaker, legislation, legislator, Legislature, nullification, Politics, seccession, state government, state law, states rights
JACKSON — Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again. Republican state Reps. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith, both of Columbus, filed a bill this month to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Laws. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 28,2012
Tags: children, education, educator, elementary education, elementary school, emergency, governmor, high school, junior high school, performance, public education, public school, school, school board, school district, secondary education, state government, state law, student, superintendent, teach, teacher, teaching
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — The Mississippi Board of Education (MBE) determined that an extreme emergency situation exists in the Oktibbeha County School District. Acting on a recommendation from the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation, the MBE voted unanimously to ask Gov. Phil Bryant to declare a state of emergency for the school district. The Oktibbeha County [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
Tags: decision, electricity, energy, power, region, regualtion, regulator, state government, state law, transmission, utility
NEW ORLEANS — Arkansas regulators have promised to decide quickly whether Entergy Corp. has met the state’s conditions to join a regional transmission group, while the utility appears to have made progress toward satisfying regulators in Mississippi. New Orleans-based Entergy, which owns utilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, wants to join the Midwest Independent [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 24,2012
Tags: appeal, COST, court, decision, fabricate, fabricating, fabrication, federal law, goods, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, law enforcement, legal, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, panel, price, price fixing, ruling, state agency, state government, state law, supplier
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals panel will decide whether a Mississippi or federal court has jurisdiction over a lawsuit alleging price fixing by manufacturers of liquid crystal display screens. A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled oral argument in New Orleans for Oct. 5. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 21,2012
Tags: appeal, certifiocate of need, clinic, decision, denial, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, kidney, law, law enforcement, medical, medicine, public health, rejection, renal, ruling, state government, state law
JACKSON — In June, the Mississippi Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a 2011 law that required appeals of certificate-of-need decisions to go directly to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court said appeals from CON decisions by the Mississippi State Department of Health must go first to the appropriate lower court. In this case, that would be [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 21,2012
Tags: animal, bench, court, federal government, investigation, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, raid, state government, state law, tourism, tourist, violation, visitor, wildlife, zoo
COLLINS — A Covington County Justice Court Judge has asked the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks to create a comprehensive list of state regulation violations at the Collins Zoo and submit the list within 30 days. Judge Bobby Wayne Mooney said he would give the zoo owners six months from receiving the list [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 18,2012
Tags: bill, budget, fund, law, law enforcement, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, money, prsecutor, settlement, state agency, state government, state law, Treasury
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has delivered a check to lawmakers for over $35 million in monies recovered by his office. As part of the Average Wholesale Price (AWP) litigation, the $35 million returned to the state includes more than $12 million from a settlement with Barr Laboratories Inc., IVAX Pharmaceuticals Inc., Sicor Pharmaceuticals [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: arrest, hotel, hurricane, law enforcement, lodging, price gouging, severe weather, state agency, state government, state law, storm, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather
VICKSBURG — The Mississippi attorney general says the owners of a Vicksburg hotel have been charged with price gouging during a state of emergency. Attorney General Jim Hood says authorities arrested 56-year-old Devenora V. Patel and 26-year-old Hemel Ramesh Surati at their business, The Battlefield Inn in Vicksburg. Hood says Patel and Surati are accused [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 17,2012
Tags: city, election, executive, garnishment, government, mayor, misappropriation, municipality, paycheck, Politics, salary, state agency, state government, state law, tax, taxpayer, vote, voter, Voting
SOUTHAVEN — Mayor Greg Davis will get his paycheck after a Hinds County Chancery Court judge issued a stay preventing Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering from seizing Davis’ salary — for now — to recover disputed debt. The Commercial Appeal reports attorneys for Davis sought a temporary restraining order to stop Pickering from garnishing the mayor’s [...] [...]
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