March 29, 2013- Ricky Nobile

by Ricky Nobile Published: March 29,2013
Tags: Mississippi State Legislature, Philip Gunn, Tate Reeves
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by Ricky Nobile Published: March 29,2013
Tags: Mississippi State Legislature, Philip Gunn, Tate Reeves
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by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: GOP, government, Tate Reeves
Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves has been elected vice chairman of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association. He will serve as chairman of the organization during the crucial 2014 election cycle. The RLGA is the only national organization committed to raising money and assisting Republicans in their campaigns for lieutenant governor. [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: March 29,2013
Tags: auto manufacturer, Canton, Hob Bryan, Madison County Economic Development Authority, Mississippi Development Authority, Nissan North America, Tate Reeves, Will Longwitz
The Senate passed with little debate Wednesday a bill that would authorize the Madison County Economic Development Authority to issue up to $100 million in bonds for an expansion of the Nissan plant in Canton. The bonds would not be general obligation, but would be classified as revenue-only. Nissan would service the bonds via lease [...] [...]

by Ricky Nobile Published: March 22,2013
Tags: Medicaid funding, Mississippi State Legislature, Phillip Gunn, Tate Reeves
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by Ted Carter Published: March 15,2013
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, healthcare, Medicaid expansion, Mississippi State Legislature, Obamacare, Phil Bryant, Tate Reeves
The Mississippi Legislature is set to adjourn April 7 with no deal in sight on a federal offer to expand Medicaid. The ticking clock has executives of hospitals around the state worried that time will expire and hospitals and the entire health care sector will suffer the consequences, putting about 9,000 jobs at risk. Ahead [...] [...]

by Ted Carter Published: March 8,2013
Tags: Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi Coliseum, Mississippi Department of Agriculture, Tate Reeves
Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Cindy Hyde-Smith sees Jackson’s best hope for becoming a crossroads for large-scale exhibitions, professional entertainment and music concerts resting within the confines of the 51-year-old Mississippi Coliseum. To that end, she is lobbying legislators for around $40 million to overhaul the building. She had initially planned to seek $30 million for renovations [...] [...]

by Ricky Nobile Published: March 8,2013
Tags: Mississippi State Legislature, Politics, ricky nobile, Tate Reeves
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by MBJ Staff Published: February 22,2013
Tags: Phil Bryant, ricky nobile, Tate Reeves
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by Ted Carter Published: February 22,2013
Tags: Barack Obama, defense cuts, federal spending, fiscal sequester, Gregg Harper, Tate Reeves, U.S. Congress
Get used to the idea of $85 billion in automatic cuts to defense and domestic programs starting next Friday under a sequester deal Congress made with the White House in August 2011. At least that’s the indication U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper gave during a stop last Wednesday at the Mississippi Capitol for the Madison County [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: February 15,2013
Tags: Clinton, Department of Revenue, Landmark, Mississippi State Legislature, Phillip Gunn, South Pointe, Tate Reeves, WorldCom
Whiplash could be a consequence of watching recent action in the Legislature to determine the next home of the Mississippi Department of Revenue. The day before a bill to put the DOR headquarters in downtown Jackson’s Landmark Center via a purchase passed the Senate on a 48-2 vote, House Speaker Philip Gunn successfully pushed a [...] [...]