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Few issues are more important for the state than healthcare

Alan Turner — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 05:01:54 +0000

There are few issues that are more important or pressing for Mississippi businesses and consumers than the question of health care. As most of us are aware, the Magnolia State ranks far down the list in terms of the health of our population. Obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer — these are generally more impacting on [...]

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Attorney general mulls legality of illegal worker felony charge

Ted Carter — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:01:58 +0000

Attorney General Jim Hood is studying whether the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s immigration law killed part of a Mississippi statute that made it a felony for an illegal immigrant to work in the state. Hood said early last week he “did not know” for certain whether the June 25 Arizona ruling nullified the [...]

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Immigration bill eliminates provisions blocked by federal court

Ted Carter — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:18:01 +0000

Mississippi apparently won’t be getting a fully Alabma-style anti-immigration bill — at least not if the state Senate goes along with keeping from the final bill certain provisions removed by the House. The House version passed last Thursday could also keep Mississippi from the legal difficulties Alabama encountered earlier this month when the 11th Circuit [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Big questions for Kemper County coal plant come down to who knew what and when

MBJ Staff — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:29:31 +0000

In May of 2010 we wrote, “For better or worse, the economic future for the next 40 years in southeastern Mississippi will be greatly impacted by the decision of Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. “ Justices with the Mississippi Supreme Court may be asking now how he came to his decision when he changed his [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Rate increase of 11.35 percent just the beginning in regard to Kemper

MBJ Staff — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:22:35 +0000

It was only a matter of time before Mississippi Power Company started raising the rates on its customers to pay for the $2.88 billion Kemper County coal plant. So, last week MPC filed documents with state regulators — the Public Service Commission — for a requested rate increase of 11.35 percent. The Commission has the [...]

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Supreme court will hear Kemper Coal Plant arguments

MBJ Staff — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:18:33 +0000

The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments from the Sierra Club challenging the state Public Service Commission’s approval of the project in Kemper County by Mississippi Power Co. Mississippi Power has started construction of the $2.4 billion coal plant. Oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 14. The suit was filed and heard in Harrison County [...]

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Minor takes appeal to US Supreme Court

Associated Press — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:45:35 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked by Paul Minor to review the judicial corruption case that sent the former lawyer and two judges to prison. Minor was a prominent tort lawyer before being convicted in 2007 with former Harrison County judges John Whitfield and Wes Teel. Prosecutors said Minor orchestrated a complicated scheme in [...]

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Court staying out of water fight

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:37:27 +0000

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court declined yesterday to intervene in the State of Mississippi’s claims that Tennessee’s largest city is pumping too much water out of an aquifer shared by the two states, according to The Associated Press. The nation’s high court did not comment on why it declined to hear the case. The [...]

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Senators to vote ‘no’ on Sotomayor

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:07:30 +0000

Washington — Both of Mississippi’s Republican U.S. senators, Roger Wicker and Thad Cochran, both are opposing Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. In part, Wicker said: “After careful consideration of her record and judicial philosophy, I have concluded I will vote against her nomination. “In refusing to confirm that the Second Amendment [...]

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