Hood: State of emergency does not prompt price-gauging law
by MBJ Staff Published: August 27,2012
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JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has released a statement informing Mississippians included in the designated emergency impact area created by Issac that the current state of emergency does not allow his office to enforce the price gouging statute. “A state of emergency alone does not establish our ability to enforce the price gouging statute,” [...] [...]
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