Mississippi Business Journal » trustees http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 House to debate attorneys bill while Hood argues against pardons http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/09/house-to-debate-attorneys-bill-while-hood-argues-against-pardons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=house-to-debate-attorneys-bill-while-hood-argues-against-pardons http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/09/house-to-debate-attorneys-bill-while-hood-argues-against-pardons/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:03:10 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52105 JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood may be busy today while House members debate a bill to limit his powers. The House bumped up its meeting time from the usual 2 p.m. to 10 a.m., when Hood is likely to be arguing against former Gov. Haley Barbour’s pardons at the state Supreme Court. The House [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/09/house-to-debate-attorneys-bill-while-hood-argues-against-pardons/feed/ 0 Supreme Court to hear Hood’s challenge to Barbour’s pardons http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/02/supreme-court-to-hear-hoods-challenge-to-barbours-pardons/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supreme-court-to-hear-hoods-challenge-to-barbours-pardons http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/02/supreme-court-to-hear-hoods-challenge-to-barbours-pardons/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:02:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=51526 JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court said yesterday it would take up the legal challenge to the pardons ex-Gov. Haley Barbour gave out in his last days in office. State Attorney General Jim Hood, a Democrat, wants to invalidate dozens of the 198 pardons that Barbour, a Republican, handed out before his second four-year term [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/02/supreme-court-to-hear-hoods-challenge-to-barbours-pardons/feed/ 0 Hood blasts Barbour on pardons; defends staff member http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/31/hood-blasts-barbour-on-pardons-defends-staff-member/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hood-blasts-barbour-on-pardons-defends-staff-member http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/31/hood-blasts-barbour-on-pardons-defends-staff-member/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:53:07 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=51256 JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has issued a statement denying former Gov. Haley Barbour’s allegation that one of the Attorney General’s Office staff members did not publicize Barbour’s last-minute pardons for former Governor’s Mansion trustees as called for by state law. Hood wrote: “It is unfortunate that former Gov. Barbour has made some misrepresentations [...]

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