by Associated Press Published: December 14,2012
Tags: appeal, bench, call, caller ID, cell phone, communication, court, decision, judge, judicial, justice, law, legal, phone, spoofiing, state, telecommunication, telemarketer, telemarketing, telephone
JACKSON — A federal appeals court has sided with a New Jersey company that challenged Mississippi’s “anti-spoofing” law. Mississippi enacted the law 2010. Other states and Congress have since enacted similar laws. Backers of the laws say caller ID “spoofing” is a growing threat to people because of new technology making it cheap and easy [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 13,2012
Tags: agency, constitutional, election, government, law, politican, Politics, poll, state, study, vote, voter, voter identification, Voting, voting rights
JACKSON — More than 98 percent of Mississippi voters who cast ballots in the general election have one form of acceptable photo identification included in Mississippi’s constitutional voter ID law, according to a survey conducted by Edison Research. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann announced the findings of what what he believes to be the largest [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 13,2012
Tags: appropriation, bill, budget, education, elected official, funding, government, lawmaker, legislation, legislator, Legislature, public education, public official, school, state
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers are doing homework before the 2013 session. The House and Senate education committees met together yesterday at the Capitol to discuss elementary-school reading skills, teacher evaluations and charter schools. House Education Chairman John Moore, R-Brandon, said no bills have been filed, but the meeting provided a glimpse of what lawmakers might [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 12,2012
Tags: agency, electricity, energy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, natural gas, power, small business, state, utility
JACKSON — Electric and natural gas utility companies doing business in Mississippi have submitted extensions of their Small Business Rate Incentive Plans, according to a release from Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. Bentz originally put these plans into place in 2011. Incentive plans filed by Mississippi Power Company, Entergy Mississippi, Atmos Energy Corporation, CenterPoint Energy [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 11,2012
Tags: appropriation, bill, government, health, health care, health care reform, health insurance, law, lawmakers, legislation, legislative, Legislature, public health, spending, state
JACKSON — Cost is the primary concern for Mississippi lawmakers faced with a decision on whether to expand the state Medicaid program with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The Clarion-Ledger reports lawmakers discussed the matter during a joint committee meeting of the Public Health and Welfare and the Insurance committees. After the three-hour [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 11,2012
Tags: apiary, bee, beekeeper, bug, farm, farmer, farming, federal, government, hive, honey, honeybee, insect, mite, pesticide, state
JACKSON — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved two emergency exemptions to help Mississippi beekeepers control damaging varroa mite infestations in honeybee colonies. The products are HopGuard, manufactured by BetaTec Hop Products, and Apivar, manufactured by Veto-Pharma S.A. HopGuard cardboard strips treated with potassium salt of hop beta acids may be inserted in honeybee [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: agency, boat, build, builder, building, constrctor, construction, e, employee, employment, expansion, government, incentive, job, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, marine, mployer, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding, state, work, worker
PASCAGOULA — VT Halter Marine has started construction on a new multimillion-dollar ship repair facility at the company’s Pascagoula yard. Gov. Phil Bryant and company officials say the expansion at the Bayou Casotte shipyard will create 400 new jobs. The company has three ship construction facilities, all located in Mississippi, with one facility in Pascagoula [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: alcohol, beer, brew, brewery, craft beer, drinking, elected official, government, home brew, law, lawmaker, legislation, legislative, legislator, Legislature, public official, retail, state
JACKSON — Buoyed by recent success in changing Mississippi’s beer and brewing regulations, the craft beer lobby was set to push next year to change laws to allow the sale of “growlers,” large containers of fresh draft beer to go. But upon review, it’s already allowed. And some gourmet beer outlets already have been selling [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2012
Tags: agency, appropriation, budget, community development, economic development, funding, government, state, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
JACKSON — Tourism officials will ask lawmakers for more money next year to boost Mississippi’s advertising efforts. The Natchez Democrat reports tourism in Mississippi produces $390 million annually, approximately 8.1 percent of the state general fund. For every dollar spent in advertising for Mississippi tourism, the state receives five in return, said Sandy Bynum, bureau [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 4,2012
Tags: agency, damage, disaster, disaster preparedness, disaster recovery, elected official, federal, flood, flooding, government, hurricane, lawmaker, natural disaster, public official, rain, representative, Senator, state, storm, storm surge, tornado, tropicazl, Weather, wind
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency director is making recommendations to Congress about streamlining the recovery process in large disasters. Robert Latham says after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Mississippi officials were frustrated that the federal government required separate environmental and historic preservation reviews for some projects. He says the duplicated efforts slowed recovery [...] [...]
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